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  • A Critical Mass Tragedy Sparks a Bicycle Boom in Brazil

    Gregory Scruggs

    July 30, 2014 |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Porto Alegre

    Support and popularity for bicycle use and culture has grown in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Following a deadly incident killing two cyclists at a bicycle event, the city has seen a demonstrative outpouring of support. City officials and activists say that while the tragedy created a sense of solidarity in support of cyclists, the city itself has started seeing shifts, in culture and policy, over the years to become more bicycle friendly.

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  • An Oil Discovery Revives a Dwindling Brazilian Port

    Gregory Scruggs

    July 15, 2014 |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul

    Porto Alegre, in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state, has embraced a recent discovery of offshore oil as a way to renew the town as a bustling port for business and transport. The port city uses bodies of water to transport goods (like the newly found oil) rather than roads, which can prove to be more environmentally unfriendly.

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  • How Brazil Absorbed a Million Visitors Without Enough Hotel Rooms

    Gregory Scruggs

    July 11, 2014 |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

    Despite pushback from the hospitality sector, Brazil's Rio de Janeiro worked around their short-term housing limitations for the 2014 World Cup by taking advantage of Airbnb and other short-term, local rental options. These alternative stay options allowed visitors to stay within city limits without paying unaffordable hotel bills.

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  • How Public Markets Support Small Businesses Owned by Women, Minorities and Immigrants

    Gregory Scruggs

    June 16, 2014 |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    The creation, support and development of farmers' markets around the United States lends itself to the economic empowerment of women and minority growers. From Seattle to Philadelphia, these small public markets make breaking into the food business accessible to more people on the economic scale, a hard goal to accomplish for larger grocery store chains.

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  • Latin America's New Superstar

    Gregory Scruggs

    March 31, 2014 |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Medellín

    While the city of Medellín, Colombia was once known as a gritty, crime-ridden area, inclusive urban planning and partnerships with international corporations have turned the city in to an innovative model for policy makers around the world. The public-private partnerships that fuel the city's growth give some critics pause, but the city itself has created more democratic processes and reduced crime rates since implementing this strategy.

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