The city of Tampa, Florida has announced this year’s Urban Excellence Awards – which celebrate businesses, organizations, individuals, events and projects that have made significant contributions toward creating a unique, vibrant and diverse downtown environment. Read More
The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) in Korea will be using drones to conduct roof inspections of its hanok buildings. Hanok buildings are traditional to Korea, and feature roofs made by connecting rice and wheat straws. Read More
While the topic of smart cities is vast and broad, the one thing that almost everyone who works in the sector can agree upon is that there is no one accepted definition of a smart Read More
Eleven-x, a global leader providing complete, high-performance, wireless IoT and Smart City solutions, today announced it was selected by Arlington County, Virginia for one of the largest municipal smart parking installations in North America. As Read More
The City of Madison, WI has ordered 46 electric buses from New Flyer of America – a subsidiary of NFI Group Inc. The purchase was made possible by Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funds. The battery-electric Read More
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is currently offering up to $7.5 million in grants through its Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (OUAIP). OUAIP works in partnership with numerous USDA agencies that support Read More
The Public Health Commission (BPHC) of Boston, MA recently launched a Covid-19 wastewater surveillance program. BPHC is working with the Boston Water and Sewer Commission (BWSC), and Biobot Analytics – a wastewater epidemiology company which Read More
The City of Tampere in Finland and Tieto – a Nordic IT services and software company – are conducting a pilot project to test an illuminated crosswalk sign. The lamp-post type sign is equipped with Read More
The Council of the London Borough of Lambeth in England has announced plans to transform curbside parking into more sustainable and accessible areas. Approximately 94% of the curbside in Lambeth is currently taken up by Read More
West Palm Beach, FL has partnered with Florida A&M University to establish three community gardens in its historic Northwest neighborhoods. The sites chosen for the gardens are defined as food deserts, as they lack access Read More
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