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  • New Life for an Old Mill Town in Rural North Carolina

    March 06, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Elkin, North Carolina

    A rural town in North Carolina brings community members together to foster a welcoming environment, both for the community itself and for outside visitors. The town, Elkin, created a program that trains engaged locals to be town "ambassadors" and work to bring life into the once-active mill community.

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  • From video game to day job: How ‘SimCity' inspired a generation of city planners

    March 05, 2019 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    SimCity, a popular simulation game created in 1989, inspired a generation of future city planners with its ability to make urban design accessible and fun, While the simulations have their inconsistencies with real life urban planning, designers and architects around the country based their foundational understanding of city planning in these simulation games and look to simulation as tools for future planning.

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  • This new neighborhood in Amsterdam is made of floating houses

    March 04, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam

    A community in North Amsterdam tackles the issue of rising water levels head on by building homes that can float. The houses are built to include solar energy grids using blockchain so neighbors can share electricity, and the structures rise and fall with the ebbs and flows of flooding.

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  • Cómo funciona la carpintería La Huella, una cooperativa conformada por usuarios del Hospital Borda

    March 04, 2019 |

    Red/Acción |

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    Response Location: Argentina

    En 2013, 20 personas con padecimientos mentales del Hospital Borda (Buenos Aires, Argentina) fundaron “La Huella”, una cooperativa que funciona como carpintería y contribuye a la reinserción social y laboral de sus socios. "La Huella" lleva fabricados más de 500 muebles con diseño propio, además de haber realizado más de 400 servicios de restauración y reciclado de muebles a particulares, organizaciones públicas y privadas. La cooperativa no sólo impactó positivamente en los más de 20 usuarios del servicio público de salud mental, sino que también mejoró la vida de sus familias de la propia institución.

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  • Preparing Main Street for the So-Called ‘Retail Apocalypse'

    March 01, 2019 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Corning, New York

    A planning expert dives into responses from cities around the country to the infrastructural red tape faced by many brick-and-mortar retail businesses in the wake of an ecommerce boom. In Corning, NY, city officials created mid-block crosswalks to make navigating retail spaces downtown safer; in Memphis, local government passed a law that allows for light manufacturing in downtown areas to make owning "mom-and-pop" shops more affordable & convenient.

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  • The Key to Nebraska's Water Conservation Success

    March 01, 2019 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Lincoln, Nebraska

    As the Ogallala Aquifer’s water level has declined in many states across the High Plains region of the U.S., Nebraska has almost fully maintained its water level by relying on National Resource Districts (NRDs). NRDs “develop integrated management plans for surface water and groundwater,” and its sustainable practices offer a model of how sustainable water management can thrive with local governance.

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  • New York Has a Public Housing Problem. Does London Have an Answer?

    March 01, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London, England

    It takes political will to create mixed-income housing and manage the social impacts of gentrification. In contrast to New York, the London borough of Hackney has taken steps to fix its housing crisis by putting the interests of residents ahead of the interests of developers. Several housing developments slated for development in the East London neighborhood now blend subsidized and market-rate units.

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  • To Build a Better Bus Lane, Just Paint It

    March 01, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Rather than go through extensive urban planning processes to improve bus commute times, cities across the United States are simply relying on paint and human behavior to create dedicated bus lanes. Denver, Seattle, San Francisco and others have piloted these bus lanes by setting up cones or painting a bus-only corridor in traffic-heavy areas of the city, cutting down interactions between buses and other vehicles in order to make commuting more efficient.

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  • Local nonprofit fosters West End growth

    February 28, 2019 |

    The Watch |

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    Response Location: United States, Nucla, Colorado

    With the help of the nonprofit West End Economic Development Corporation (WEEDC), communities in Southwest Colorado use creative financing and collective action to rebuild their economies after the downfall of the coal mining industry. One town, Nucla, invested in a coworking space, business classes. and other tools to help community members start and maintain small businesses.

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  • What if the future of housing means accepting that a home isn't permanent?

    February 27, 2019 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    Modified shipping containers can offer a solution for housing shortages. In London, QED Properties and ISO Spaces partnered together to create The Hope Gardens, a temporary housing arrangement for Londoners facing homelessness. The units provide space for those awaiting permanent housing. The modular homes are easily constructed and help to keep people off of the streets.

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