Muskegon, MI will serve as the home base for drones that will be used to clean up Midwestern beaches and waterways. Meijer, a grocery store chain, has partnered with the Council of the Great Lakes Region Read More
The Colorado Smart Cities Alliance, University of Colorado at Denver (CU Denver), and the non-profit accelerator Innosphere Ventures have been awarded a US $2 million federal grant to launch a smart cities incubator and accelerator Read More
The city of Bellevue, WA has won a 2022 Governor’s Smart Communities Award from the state Department of Commerce for its Mobility Implementation Plan (MIP). The Plan is a long-range framework designed to help city Read More
Jersey City, New Jersey, has launched a citywide initiative to divert unused food from local businesses in an effort to decrease food waste and reduce residents’ food insecurity. The initiative is a joint effort between Read More
The first Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) program connected to New York City’s grid has launched in Brooklyn. The project is a collaboration between Revel – an electric mobility and infrastructure company – V2G provider Fermata Energy, and NineDot Read More
The City of Fort Worth, TX has partnered with Cisco to provide expanded, free Wi-Fi access in local neighborhoods which currently have limited connectivity. The expanded city network – called CFW-Neighborhood – will provide free Read More
The city of Danbury, CT has installed sensors designed to measure real-time temperature, humidity, and dew-point data near public housing complexes. The city’s department of emergency management worked with the University of Connecticut’s Connecticut Institute Read More
The City of Boston, MA recently announced the completion of its ‘Coastal Resilience Solutions for East Boston and Charlestown (Phase II)’. Phase II is a framework for better understanding coastal flood risk, the options for Read More
The island city of Alonissos in Greece recently conducted a cleaning operation of its ports, beaches, and surrounding reefs in the Aegean Sea. The coastal cleaning was performed by an underwater robot, which also provided Read More
The City of Boston, MA now has two new senior government positions: Director of Green Infrastructure and Green New Deal Director. Kate England has been named the Director of Green Infrastructure, where she will focus Read More
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