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  • Everyone Wants to Copy This Pedestrian Bridge (It's Not the High Line)

    Gregory Scruggs

    October 09, 2014 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Poughkeepsie, New York

    City officials and nonprofit organizations in Poughkeepsie used extensive research and sustainable financing to revitalize an outdated railroad bridge into a bustling park & walkway. Rather than demolish the suspended tracks, a local organization used city funds to develop a financial and development strategy, which ended up costing the city five times less than the famed New York City High Line.

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  • The City That Turned Its Water Into Cash

    John Tierney

    September 22, 2014 |

    The Atlantic |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Allentown, Pennsylvania

    Allentown, Pennsylvania uses a creative financing strategy - leasing the city's water and sewage utilities - to pay for expensive public pension programs. To keep from raising rates for Allentown residents, the lease agreement has a strict rate cap that rises with inflation.

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  • Boston: There's an App for That

    Ben Schreckinger

    June 10, 2014 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Boston had a hard time solving civic problems efficiently and holding its leadership accountable. In response, a team in the Mayor's office was charged with "making Boston better through clever, low-cost hacks" such as a mobile app that allows residents to send government service requests to City Hall.

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  • Can Government Play Moneyball?

    David Bornstein

    April 16, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    The pressure is on for the federal government to spend tax money more wisely. Evidence-based policy making is gaining in popularity as a way for the government to spend tax money wisely. While not quite as flashy or exciting as past ways, this has a proven track record of positive impact.

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  • Can Free College Save American Cities?

    Cassie Walker Burke

    April 03, 2014 |

    Politico |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

    Huge numbers of students lack the chance to go to college because of financial problems. Recently, Kalamazoo schools received more funding allowing them to have the chance to help and pay for students to then go to college and receive a higher education.

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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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  • 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 the Long War on Poverty, Small Victories That Matter

    David Bornstein

    January 08, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A panoply of responses to poverty has emerged to address poverty in the United States and abroad. The responses share in three key tactics: Measuring impact, paying for success, and collaboration.

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  • Living-wage' movement growing in region

    Margot Roosevelt

    September 01, 2013 |

    Orange County Register |

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    Response Location: United States, Long Beach, California

    In the past five years, as federal and state minimum wage levels failed to keep pace with the cost of living, and as the recession took its toll, the living wage movement has accelerated. Across the United States, more than 125 cities and counties have enacted ordinances or passed ballot initiatives to lift the wages of the working poor.

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  • The Benefits of Cash Without Conditions

    Tina Rosenberg

    August 28, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    Conditional cash transfers – giving the poor money if they do things that will make their children less poor, such as keep them in school – are the world’s most successful and widespread social program. Could it be possible, however, that the conditions aren’t necessary – just giving the poor money works just as well? In some circumstances, the answer seems to be yes.

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