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Tel Aviv tries to connect an isolated neighborhood

Neri Zilber

August 29, 2018 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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Response Location: Israel, Tel Aviv

The goal of The Platform, a new entrepreneurship and coworking hub in a struggling area of Tel Aviv, “is to start solving big as well as local urban problems through social-technological entrepreneurship.” The tech accelerator it offers has spurred the development of an app intended to bring neighbors together as well as a special type of motion sensor that helps people with physical disabilities. The coworking space portion provides a gathering and event space for skills training and more. The founders are even hoping other cities will adopt this model.

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