Bloomberg Philanthropies has launched its 2021 Global Mayors Challenge, which will award 15 cities $1 million each for innovations developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The four themes for this year’s competition will address Read More
The USDA’s Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production is seeking members for a new advisory committee on urban agriculture. The 12-person committee will advise the Secretary of Agriculture on the development of policies and Read More
The city of Baltimore, MD has migrated its existing open data portal to a new platform – the Open Data Baltimore Hub. The new platform includes dashboards, data visualizations and the use of “StoryMaps” – Read More
Reproducing events in the virtual world can be challenging – calling for creativity and, very often, new uses for technology. The city of Grapevine, Texas is known for its annual Christmas parade and found a Read More
The city of Prague is partnering with Sensoneo – a waste management solutions start-up – on a pilot project featuring dynamic waste collection via automated collection routes. The project is expected to deliver improvements in Read More
The City of Santa Fe, NM is partnering with researchers from Carnegie Mellon University to implement a smartphone app that would let residents track when COVID-19 is impacting their social circle. The program – called Read More
The City of Montreal recently presented its new climate plan – Climate Plan 2020-2030 – which aims to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 55 percent (from 1990 levels) within ten years and become carbon Read More
SmartCityPHL – part of Philadelphia’s Office of Innovation and Technology – is partnering with SolveOpen to provide a collaborative innovation platform that defines the city’s challenges and invites proposed solutions from anyone with ideas. “This Read More
A consortium including the city of Leuven in Belgium, TRES, and Nokia is working on the Digital City Pole project to create 5G connectivity throughout Leuven. The project aims to create an IoT intelligent urban Read More
The Port of Los Angeles has entered into a three-year, $6.8M contract with IBM to develop a cybersecurity center to focus on defending the city’s maritime supply chain. The Cyber Resilience Center (CRC) is being Read More
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