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  • How Jersey City Got to Zero Traffic Deaths on Its Streets

    December 28, 2022 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: United States, Jersey City, New Jersey

    Vision Zero is a traffic safety framework that works to eliminate traffic fatalities. Since adopting the program, Jersey City has gone a full year without a single traffic fatality. City officials have also been engaging residents to participate in viewing demonstrations of new, safe road developments and sharing their thoughts on what the city’s roads need to be safe and efficient as local leaders continue to make improvements to encompass more of the surrounding area.

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  • Himalayan community takes initiative to help dogs, wildlife and itself

    December 27, 2022 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Nepal, Kathmandu

    A project in Nepal helped Himalayan communities vaccinate and neuter stray dogs to prevent their ever-growing population and the related spread of diseases. When the project halted due to COVID-19, communities raised money to continue it on their own.

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  • Los propietarios de viviendas de West Dallas no podían acceder a los fondos municipales para repararlas, así que el Ayuntamiento eliminó la barrera

    December 27, 2022 |

    Dallas Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    Cuando el Ayuntamiento de West Dallas renunció a un requisito problematico para solicitar al Programa de Rehabilitación Específicamente de West Dallas (una iniciativa de revitalización de los barrios de la ciudad destinada a proporcionar ayuda financiera para la reparación de viviendas), muchos de los propietarios originalmente rechazados regresaron a solicitar fondos y finalmente pudieron acceder ayuda para reparar sus casas.

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  • A Taste of Home: How Ethnic Grocery Stores Create Community

    December 22, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    Ethnic grocery stores create a sense of community for immigrant communities and improve food security by providing affordable, culturally relevant foods.

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  • How SMART Project Addressed Water Challenge in Onire Are Ago Community

    December 22, 2022 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Oyo State

    In rural areas where access to clean water is scarce and leads to increased waterborne illnesses, Smart Project is expanding safe water access by building wells in the community. The organization also provided the 30 households in the community with a 10-liter keg of water for cleaning, bathing, and washing dishes to prevent people from having to travel long distances to reach fresh water.

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  • Tulsa Offered To Pay People To Move There. 50,000 Applied.

    December 22, 2022 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    Tulsa Remote is using funding from the George Kaiser Family Foundation to offer remote workers living outside of Oklahoma $10,000, free access to a co-working space, and weekly events with other remote workers to move to the city.

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  • Abandoned homes: how village in Sumy region helps IDPs find new housing

    December 20, 2022 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    Response Location: Ukraine, Kapustyntsi

    The village of Kapustyntsi, Ukraine, welcomed people displaced by the war into abandoned houses through Facebook posts. The community worked to clean up the houses, contact owners and heirs for permission to use them, or take legal action to claim them when necessary.

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  • This Community-Controlled Real Estate Co-Op Is Proving Its Value

    December 20, 2022 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    California’s East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative is run by residents of local historically redlined communities and supported by investors who receive moderate returns to keep rent prices affordable. The cooperative was formed to give those involved a say in decisions they were typically left out of and allows them to serve existing residents and businesses instead of trying to attract new ones.

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  • Libros y raíces: LibroMobile fills a literary need as Santa Ana's only bookstore

    December 19, 2022 |

    el Don |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Ana, California

    Libro Mobile works to increase accessibility to free books and reading spaces amidst widespread gentrification while simultaneously uplifting local authors and artists of color in its open, free-to-access space.

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  • How protecting trees can fight gentrification

    December 19, 2022 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Activists in Los Angeles are taking legal action to ensure black walnut trees' protections are not violated by developers to help prevent gentrification and extreme heat.

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