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Police chief, mayor tour city's rundown neighborhoods

Greg Barnes

February 22, 2014 |

Fayetteville Observer |

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Response Location: United States, Fayetteville, North Carolina

In Fayetteville, the Mayor and Police Chief have taken a personalized approach in seeking a solution for blighted, low-income neighborhoods and are working to increase the number of city staff on-hand to help address issues like decrepit buildings, as well as decrease the disparity in resources allocated to maintaining these neighborhoods. But many challenges remain, and the line between the government's role versus the private homeowner's responsibility remains difficult to define.

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Dealing with blight complaints requires new approach, Memphis says

Greg Barnes

February 22, 2014 |

Fayetteville Observer |

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Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

In Memphis, a creative blight-reduction initiative called 25 Square Blocks broke down the city into blocks. Inspectors were able to quickly identify all the violations and fix them, using the same amount of funding, but less time, as the old call-and-respond model.

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Immigrants Welcome Here

David Bornstein

February 19, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

Immigrants are increasingly settling in the United States, but their cultural adjustments present economic and social challenges. Different states have started welcoming initiatives to aid in foreigners in their transition. Welcoming Tennessee has organized community gatherings and public talks, and has publicized how immigrants can contribute to their new neighborhoods.

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Big rise in irrigation pumping draws DNR attention to Minnesota's 'Bonanza Valley'

Dan Haugen

February 19, 2014 |

Minnesota Public Radio |

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Response Location: United States, Belgrade, Minnesota

Minnesotans are being prodded to take a different look at how they use water and how to make sure an apparent abundance can be made to last.

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Cities in motion: how slime mould can redraw our rail and road maps

David Parr

February 18, 2014 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: Japan, Tokyo

The twenty-first century city is a complex organism, and simulating it to anticipate traffic and transportation congestions can be problematic for urban planning. Researchers around the world from Japan to England have used slime models to simulate traffic and transportation patterns, observing realistic growths, congestions, and re-routing opportunities. Biomimicry demonstrates an unconventional but useful process to understand the pulse of the urban environment.

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How to Build a Perfect Refugee camp

Mac McClelland

February 13, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Turkey, Kilis Merkez, Kilis

Refugee camps typically look like a prison with squalid conditions and barbed wire tops. By contrast, the Kilis refugee camp in Turkey is orderly, secure, and clean; has schools for children; has grocery stores, and is powered with electricity. The camp is not run by the United Nations, but rather it is Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency that oversees every detail and pours billions of dollars into maintaining it every year.

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Preparing for Disaster by Betting Against It

Georgia Levenson Keohane

February 12, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, necessity has bred an interesting kind of financial invention for the New York MTA: the world’s first “catastrophe” bond - a reinsurance for the insurer - designed to protect public transportation infrastructure, specifically against storm surge. These bonds privatize risk for public gain, creating a kind of tool that may protect economic development against all kinds of natural and man-made disasters around the world.

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In Grizzly country, what do you do with a dead cow?

Benjamin Goldfarb

February 10, 2014 |

Modern Farmer |

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Response Location: United States, Montana

When cattle die on ranches in Montana, they can attract grizzly bears that can come dangerously close landowners, ranches, and living livestock. Blackfoot Challenge, a coalition of ranchers and landowners who work with the government, collects and composts dead cattle into odorless woodchips. These woodchips are effective at repurposing carcasses into high-way side revegetation projects.

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Mentors have message for kids: Go to college

Katherine Long

February 08, 2014 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: United States, Bellingham, Washington

Fewer than one in four high-school graduates in the Sedro-Woolley and Meridian school districts, for example, go to four-year colleges. Just a little over half of all graduates in surrounding districts go to college at all. Now, the schools have begun to send college students into middle schools and high schools to mentor them and excite them to go to college.

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These Toy Cars Help Kids With Disabilities Get Moving

Jacob Templin

February 05, 2014 |

NationSwell |

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Response Location: United States, Delaware

A Delaware professor began retrofitting toy cars for young children with disabilities and founded Go Baby Go. For children too young to use wheelchairs there are few solutions for mobility. Go Baby Go provides a fun mobility option for only about $200. So far, about 100 children have adapted toy cars.

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