Modernizing Infrastructure Through Innovation
By Manny Cid, Assistant Director Small and Local Business Development Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava is advancing a vision for an economy that works for everyone by transforming how local government purchases, pilots, and scales innovation. At the center of that effort is…
Working alongside the Miami-Dade Innovation Authority (MDIA), the department has helped create a more flexible and collaborative model that connects startups, researchers, and local businesses with county agencies seeking new technologies and operational improvements. The approach is reshaping procurement from a traditionally governmental process into a tool for community-centered economic development.
A recent Bloomberg Cities feature highlighted Miami-Dade’s procurement transformation as a national model for innovation-driven government. …
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