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
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
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
The City of Cincinnati, 84.51° – the data analytics division of Kroger – and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital are working together to make it easier for the area’s most impoverished children to access walk-able food donation Read More
The Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) in Virginia has announced that four contracts have been issued to build Stafford’s technology test bed. The public-private partnership will develop the state’s first ground-up “smart community.” The test Read More
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