The City of Philadelphia’s Parks & Recreation department recently published ‘Growing from the Root’ – a city-wide urban agriculture plan. The plan – the first of its kind for the city – was created with Read More
Four cities in the US have been selected to receive Resilient Community Impact Funds (RCIFunds) matching grants of US$50,000 each. The selected projects all have the aim of strengthening community resilience, closing racial equity gaps, Read More
America’s smart city journey, which is almost a decade-long*, has been defined by rapid evolution on several fronts. Of course technology has advanced, but what is more interesting (at least to me) is how cross-sector Read More
Chicago, IL Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot, the Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP), and NeighborSpace recently announced that the first round of applications for the City’s Community Growers Program is now open. Read More
Boston, MA, Mayor Michelle Wu has announced the appointment of the Director of Nightlife Economy for the city. Corean Reynolds is initially charged with establishing a new team within the Economic Opportunity and Inclusion Cabinet Read More
San Francisco, CA has completed its issuance of US $2m in community climate grants with final funding awarded to 13 projects that support its climate action plan and its goal of achieving zero waste and Read More
The city council of Wellington, New Zealand has a new six-phase Community Climate Adaptation program to be run over the next six years. The program was created along with local communities which are at high Read More
The city of Barranquilla in Colombia has won the World Resources Institute’s US$250,000 grand prize for ensuring that 93% of its residents live within an eight-minute walk of a green space. An independent jury of Read More
Arup and C40 have released the report ‘Urban Rewilding: the Value and Co-benefits of Nature in Urban Spaces’ which defines urban rewilding as “restoring natural habitats and their processes in urban spaces, working towards a Read More
The Edible Cities Network – an international initiative that promotes urban food and agriculture to create more sustainable and resilient cities – has announced the winners of its annual awards. The program is supported by Read More
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