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  • Building minds: How Detroit grows mobility talent

    February 19, 2018 |

    Model D |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Michigan is becoming a leader in the field of autonomous vehicles. Fifteen colleges and universities across the state have joined in an academic consortium to ensure students entering the workforce will have the necessary skills to advance mobility technology. Competitions in vehicle development and robotics are equipping students to become leaders in the field.

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  • How a Liverpool suburb upended its housing market

    February 14, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: England, Liverpool

    To combat neighborhood neglect, a group of community members in Granby, a Liverpool neighborhood, took matters into their own hands by creating a community land trust. The land trust raised funds to reconstruct homes in a unique, sustainable way, and the trust protects housing rates by keeping rates in line with median income of the surrounding area.

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  • How one community beat the system, and rebuilt their shattered streets

    February 14, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom, Liverpool

    Eleanor Lee is one of many women leading the charge to restore the Granby neighborhood in Liverpool. The few households that remained inhabited after the neighborhood was forgotten came together and formed a community land trust. This major step allowed them to get private development funding. Now, the Granby area is offering affordable housing and attracting business back to Liverpool.

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  • A way out of Bozeman's shadow

    February 11, 2018 |

    Bozeman Daily Chronicle |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Belgrade, Montana

    Belgrade, Montana, a city 12 miles outside of Bozeman, uses creative financing and revitalization to ensure its identity remains independent from its rapidly growing and ever-popular adjacent city. While many residents of Belgrade work in Bozeman, the city has developed "tax-based renewal strategies" and restaurant liquor license regulations to ensure Belgrade stays on the map.

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  • Singapore Is Creating a Subterranean Master Plan

    February 09, 2018 |

    Next City |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Singapore, Singapore

    Singapore, among other cities around the world, serves as a model in the underground urban planning sphere as local governments combat over-densification. The city has begun expanding their underground network of public transportation, supply storage, and even water reclamation systems.

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  • Here's one idea to make ‘Storrowing' a thing of the past

    February 08, 2018 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    A persistent problem in Massachusetts of trucks going through tunnels or underpasses that are too low for safe clearance has prompted officials to look to Sydney, Australia for a possible solution. Officials in that city worked with a private company to develop a system where if a truck is too tall, it triggers a warning so officials can activate a sheet of water at the tunnel entrance upon which is projected the holographic image of a giant red Stop sign. It's proven successful in stopping drivers before they enter the tunnel.

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  • When a town wants to grow — but not too quickly

    February 08, 2018 |

    Bozeman Daily Chronicle |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Three Forks, Montana

    The town of Three Forks, Montana has managed to grow at a steady, manageable pace, relying on multiple economic drivers to keep the community afloat while other towns nearby have suffered from over-reliance on the coal and railroad industries. Town leaders learned from the downfall of the railroad boom, investing in businesses processing cement, wheat, and more to maintain economic diversification.

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  • How to Fight Gentrification With a Comic Book

    February 06, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    The diverse Frogtown neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota is filled with immigrants from all over the world. However, warning signs of gentrification are hinting at rising home prices that threaten the affordability of the area for its long-time residents. To ensure the neighborhood’s vision for the future is clear and accessible, local artists transformed the small area plan into a graphic novel that is helping residents have a voice in their community’s future.

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  • In 2011 Preston hit rock bottom. Then it took back control

    January 31, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom, Preston

    In 2011, when a huge plan for a sprawling shopping mall halted after the financial crisis, Preston’s future looked bleak. That is, until Matthew Brown, a local government leader, decided to spend money locally, an idea that drastically reshaped the city’s economy. The city council “ adopted a guerrilla localism,” and it paid off. By changing procurement practices and business methods, Preston has become a model for how to turn around a failing city.

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  • A new lick of paint can be all it takes to make cities safer for pedestrians

    January 30, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Redesigning streets to be more pedestrian-friendly can have big impacts on traffic safety and local business. A fast, easy and cheap way to weigh the pros and cons of such changes is to simply redraw street lines using paint or chalk, then measure public response. After a day-long pilot in Sao Paulo, 97 percent of locals supported making the proposed changes permanent.

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