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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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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Jul 7th, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: | Cities: |
With budget belt-tightening happening across the country, investments in the types of new technology projects that help create more efficient and open government are being threatened. But IT spending has the potential to save governments money—and is something the public supports. (
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | May 25th, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure, Culture | Region: | Cities: Las Vegas, New York, Seattle |
While the creation of publicly accessible municipal data catalogs help cultivate the development of web-based and mobile phone civic applications, its not a requirement. A handful of new tools that help urban dwellers split taxicab fares demonstrate that all that’s needed is a willingness for people to share information with each other. (
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Grassroutes | Yonah Freemark | Feb 20th, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: West Coast | Cities: Seattle |
With divergent interest groups pushing in three different directions, who will decide how Seattle’s light rail system extends into Bellevue? (
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Diana Lind | Next American City | Nov 23rd, 2009 | Topic: Built Environment | Region: West Coast | Cities: Seattle |
Alex Steffen, over at Worldchanging.com, called for Seattle to be the country’s (the world’s?) first carbon-neutral city. Is this fantasy or a real possibility? (
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Akua Nyame-Mensah | Sep 25th, 2009 | Topic: | Region: Central | Cities: Boston, Detroit, New York, Pittsburgh, Seattle |
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Next American City | Sep 15th, 2009 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Baltimore, Cincinnati, Detroit, Memphis, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City , Seattle, Washington, D.C. |
Last Thursday, Next American City hosted a launch party for Issue 24, during which DJ Doug Sell played a collection of city-themed songs. Check out the music, and link to the iTunes playlist! (
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Urban Nation | Ben Adler | Jul 14th, 2009 | Topic: Urban Nation, Governance | Region: Urban Nation, East Coast | Cities: Seattle, Washington, D.C., Urban Nation |
The Obama Administration started talking up their urban policies on Monday. (
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Jody Pollock | Jan 27th, 2009 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
California’s capital city considers housing its many homeless in sanctioned “tent cities,” but some wonder whether this temporary fix will only exacerbate a long-term problem. (
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Ariella Cohen | Jan 1st, 2009 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Chicago, Miami, New York, Philadelphia |
Hoping to staunch the financial crisis’s toll on city dwellers, cities are creating offices of financial empowerment. Aimed at cities’ low- and moderate-income constituents, these programs attempt to break the cycle of debt and aid social mobility, even in these tough times. (
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The Twin Cities provide business loans to help business owners make it through a difficult period. (keep reading…)
With budget belt-tightening happening across the country, investments in the types of new technology projects that help create more efficient and open government are being threatened. But IT spending has the potential to save governments money—and is something the public supports. (keep reading…)
While the creation of publicly accessible municipal data catalogs help cultivate the development of web-based and mobile phone civic applications, its not a requirement. A handful of new tools that help urban dwellers split taxicab fares demonstrate that all that’s needed is a willingness for people to share information with each other. (keep reading…)
With divergent interest groups pushing in three different directions, who will decide how Seattle’s light rail system extends into Bellevue? (keep reading…)
