June 2021

Copenhagen’s medieval city center will be hosting a pilot project this summer with parking spaces being replaced with trees and benches. 66 parking spaces will be removed during the pilot, and motorists will be encouraged Read More

Healthy Liveable Neighborhoods has chosen three Nordic cities – Helsinki, Vantaa, and Stavanger – to participate in pilots to support the development of healthy, inclusive, and green neighborhoods. The pilot program is part of the Read More

The City Council of Belfast, Ireland is piloting an app that will reward residents for spending time in green spaces and reporting vandalism. The “community currency” – Civic Dollars – can be exchanged for rewards Read More

The City of St. Pete Beach, FL has been working for some time with the Flowbird Group to provide parking kiosks for its residents and many visitors. It recently upgraded its kiosks to better represent Read More

The City Council of Dallas, TX has unanimously approved the city’s first urban forest master plan. The plan was created by the nonprofit Texas Trees Foundation and funded by the Lyda Hill Philanthropies® and Oncor.  Read More

Destination Medical Center is working with the City of Rochester, MN to install a network of air quality sensors throughout the city. The program also includes the University of Minnesota Rochester, Rochester Mayo Clinic, Olmsted Read More

Columbus concluded delivery of the Smart City Challenge, successfully deploying groundbreaking mobility tools including autonomous vehicles, connected vehicles, electric vehicles and app-based mobility tools to connect residents to opportunity. Through the $50 million Smart City Read More

The smart cities scene in the U.S. is growing up, as evidenced by the recent announcement of a new  multi-regional cooperation between The North Texas Innovation Alliance (NTXIA), The Connective and the Southern Arizona Smart Read More

Sonoma County, CA is now using artificial intelligence (AI) to aid in the early detection of wildfires.  At the REDCOM dispatch center – which covers Sonoma County – AI software has been overlaid on the Read More

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has partnered with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service to create a new federal initiative – Local Foods, Local Places (LFLP) – to provide technical assistance to 13 Read More