The Energy Coalition and electricity tech firm, Community Electricity – in collaboration with UCLA and a consortium of partners – have been awarded a $9 million California Energy Commission (CEC) EPIC grant for a project Read More
The city of Newark, New Jersey is using interactive dashboards to connect local charities with car dealerships for food pickups and drop-offs to help address the recent COVID-19 related increase in food insecurity. The city Read More
The city of Austin, Texas, has named Shirley Erp its new chief information security officer (CISO). Erp will replace Kevin Williams, who was hired as Austin’s first citywide CISO in 2015 and will now take Read More
Mayor Lyda Krewson of the city of St. Louis, MO recently ordered the creation of a financial transparency portal to show the city’s decision-making processes and how it is spending money to improve public health Read More
Chief Resilience Officers from the The Global Resilient Cities Network (GRCN) have launched a global coalition named ‘Cities for a Resilient Recovery (C2R).’ The group is a participatory and collaborative platform for resilient recovery planning Read More
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is a technique that mines sewage samples for information about human health. It is now being developed and refined to monitor the novel coronavirus as it can potentially identify levels of coronavirus Read More
Maybe They Can Help You Solve Yours Cities experience problems differently. Some metros face natural disasters while others must manage blighted properties. While no one wants to celebrate calamity, it does foster a sense of Read More
How can we influence what comes next? What Will We Learn? What Will We Build? By: Chelsea Collier, Editor at Large, and Dustin Haisler, Guest Contributor COVID-19 has accelerated the digital revolution to warp speed. Read More
City Tech Collaborative, Millennium Garages, SP+, and Arrive, have partnered to launch the Millennium Gateway Innovation Lab – a cross-sector consortium to envision and implement technology-enabled solutions that will position parking facilities to address critical Read More
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has made $3 million available for competitive grants to support the development of urban agriculture and innovative production projects. The grants include two categories: Planning Projects – $1 million Read More
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