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Matt Bevilacqua | Next American City | Jan 25th, 2012 | Topic: Governance, Economy | Region: | Cities: |
Last night President Obama said that the federal government should do what it can to bring outsourced manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. Around the country, cities have already begun creating these sorts of jobs where none existed before. And they are incorporating one crucial new component: sustainability. (
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Theodore Brown | Jun 24th, 2011 | Topic: Infrastructure, Built Environment | Region: | Cities: |
Bike sharing is a fledgling concept in the United States and has the tendency to be scattershot geographically. Chicago, Minneapolis, and Des Moines have programs in the Midwest while shares in Miami, Boston, and Washington, D.C. dot the coastlines.
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Julia Ramey Serazio | Feb 1st, 2011 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Boston, Washington, D.C. |
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Julia Ramey Serazio | Nov 1st, 2010 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Milwaukee |
An interview with Andrew Dahl, who works for the City of Minneapolis, keeping the city’s neighborhoods and economy vibrant. (
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Grassroutes | Yonah Freemark | Jul 27th, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: East Coast, Midwest, West Coast | Cities: New York, Seattle |
The Twin Cities provide business loans to help business owners make it through a difficult period. (
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Grassroutes | Yonah Freemark | Feb 12th, 2010 | Topic: Culture | Region: East Coast, Midwest | Cities: Boston, New York, Portland |
Minneapolis and Melbourne choose Montréal’s Bixi for their municipal bike-sharing systems. For the Canadian city, it could be the launching point for a whole range of local cultural exports. (
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Pooja Shah | Apr 17th, 2009 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
Next American City is heading to Minneapolis this month and we’re throwing a party to meet you! (
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Diana Lind | Next American City | Dec 5th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
Does the name R.T. Rybak ring a bell? If you’re not from Minneapolis, perhaps not. The rumor is he deserves to be Obama’s new secretary of transportation. Maybe we’ll add Rybak to our perfect-for-a-moneyless-holiday wish list: people we hope Obama will appoint. (
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Jeffrey Hill | Jul 26th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Washington, D.C. |
Next American City’s Jeffrey Hill was on hand at The Brookings Institute’s Hamilton Project panel discussion last Friday, validating his predictions over the last few months over infrastructure. As Linda Richman would say - America’s infrastructure is neither “in” nor “structured,” discuss… (
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Jeffrey Hill | Apr 1st, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Austin |
New reports shows 50 of the largest cities in the U.S. have high school graduation rates lower than 50 percent. Philadelphia City Council rethinks urban planning strategy. David & Joyce Dinkins Gardens, built in Harlem, features green standards and
Next American City chosen as one of the panelists to grill big oil companies at new congressional hearing? Today’s headlines. (
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