Lessons Learned From Five Years of ARPA
Lessons Learned From Five Years of ARPA  
Podcast: CitiesSpeak With Clarence Anthony
Published On: Thu Apr 09 2026
Description: Send us Fan MailThe American Rescue Plan’s State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds became law five years ago. It's a program that provided funding directly to communities of all sizes across the country. At the time, pandemic-driven revenue shortfalls were threatening widespread municipal layoffs, service cuts, and there were serious concerns that we were headed into another 2008-style recession. Guest host, Irma Esparza Diggs, discusses the historic impacts of ARPA with Mike Fina, Oklahoma Municipal League Director; Dan Gilmartin, Michigan Municipal League Director; and Todd Glover, Municipal Association of South Carolina Director.For more information, visit us at nlc.org.