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  • A Divided Neighborhood Comes Together under an Elevated Expressway

    August 20, 2018 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    Community organizing may be the key to a comeback along New Orleans’ Claiborne Avenue. Once home to a booming block of African American-owned businesses, many left once a new expressway demolished the street in the 1960s. Now, community input is essential in rebuilding. A new master plan included 11 meetings with residents to share their priorities. The painted murals, live jazz performances, and local gatherings still happening show that the Claiborne Corridor will remain home to its long-time residents, even in a new format.

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  • How Trees Can Cool Dallas's Concrete Jungle

    August 20, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    In a Dallas neighborhood, environmental organizations are teaming up to plant a tree canopy that will address multiple environmental and public health concerns, while also cooling down the city's urban heat island effect. The solution is focused on helping those who are most vulnerable: seniors, minority residents, and students.

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  • For Women, by Women: A Sisterhood of Carpenters Builds Tiny Houses for the Homeless

    August 17, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Women4Women is an initiative that brings tradeswomen together in the construction field to do volunteer work for others. Since women represent just ten percent of construction workers in the United States, having the camaraderie and support of other women provides a place to turn when their authority is challenged. They are putting their skills to good work: the group recently built 15 tiny homes in Seattle that will act as emergency shelter for homeless women, and they have also repaired homes for the elderly.

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  • A Huge Win for Keeping Water Systems under Public Control

    August 17, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Voting to approve the prohibition of privatizing the city water system was just the most recent success in Baltimore's history of keeping the water system under public ownership. Through efforts pioneered by the city's various communities coming together, the city itself has turned into a model for others to learn from.

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  • Books in their hand, dreams in their head: Community library project changes kids

    August 17, 2018 |

    Citizen Matters |

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    Response Location: India, New Delhi

    The Community Library Project exemplifies that books should be accessible to all. In Delhi, where there are insufficient libraries, and the ones that exist are often not welcoming, this library initiative has increased excitement about literacy. It has also empowered local youth through leadership opportunities on the Student Council. By not charging any fees and instead allowing kids to volunteer rather than pay fines, the leaders of the library believe this model can and should be replicated throughout the region.

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  • New Orleans floods with heavy rainstorms. Magnolias could be part of the solution

    August 17, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    New Orleans, Louisiana is infamously known as a place of cultural celebration and community, but it's also a city plagued by consistent flooding. To reduce the impacts of heavy rainfall, one city-backed initiative is incentivizing people to replace their anti-absorbent concrete with plants and flowers that are designed to take in large amounts of water.

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  • Los Angeles Will Be the First City to Use Body Scanners on Subways. Which Could Be Next?

    August 16, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The Transportation Security Administration has partnered with cities across the country to bring body scanners to metro stops and rail stations. While heralded as an efficient way to check crowds for weapons, body scanners have raised concern among privacy advocates.

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  • Saving the world, one painting at a time: How public art can revitalize a city

    August 16, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    Mankind Murals Inc. began with the goal of “a colorful revitalization of the city.” Luke Beekman, founder of Mankind Murals, was inspired to use public art to change the way residents as well as visitors experience a place. He realized art coupled with architecture and walkability is the perfect combination: get people to physically engage by walking more, spurred by nearby art to make walking more exciting.

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  • How One Kid Stopped the Contamination of a River

    August 16, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Canada, Nova Scotia

    After discovering that raw sewage was flowing into Nova Scotia's LaHave River at alarming rates, an 11-year-old in the community decided study the issue for her science project. After testing the levels of the water and relating the cause of the issue to a certain type of sewage system, she publicized the results through social media, prompting the community to organize around change.

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  • Giving new life to vacant buildings can boost struggling towns

    August 15, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Newburgh, New York

    In New York, an intentional form of housing development is keeping affordability in mind. Neighbors for Neighborhoods provides funding for locals to redevelop blighted property from land banks and rent it out as affordable housing. The parameters ensure local impact: there is a limit to how many properties an individual can rent out, and the properties must be rented to people making below 80% the median income in the region. The program has $4 million in funding so far.

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