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Nature as the city: Why it’s time for a new framework to guide development

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Street Level Greenscape Interventions Innovative approaches to leveraging the power of natural interventions can also be found at the individual street level. For example, at the Gahanna branch location of Columbus Metropolitan Library in Columbus, Ohio, a butterfly garden at the perimeter of the building is being designed.

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Montreal Named 2016 Intelligent Community of the Year

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The awards ceremony, held in the Africa Event Center at the Columbus Zoo, was the conclusion of the Intelligent Community Forum’s annual Summit. Montreal succeeds Columbus, which also was the host city for the 2016 ICF Summit, as the think-tank’s annual Intelligent Community of the Year.

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Seven Finalist Cities Chosen For Smart City Challenge

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USDOT has pledged up to $40 million to one city to help it define what it means to be a “Smart City “and become the country’s first city to fully integrate innovative technologies – self-driving cars, connected vehicles, and smart sensors – into its transportation network. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Smart City Challenge.

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Race to a Smart Future

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metro to fully integrate innovative technologies—self-driving cars, connected vehicles and smart sensors, among other advances—into its transportation network. additionally will award up to $10 million to the winning city to support electric vehicle deployment and other carbon-emission reduction strategies. Allen’s Vulcan Inc.

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State Focus – Indiana: Regional Plans Are Hopping In The Hoosier State

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The regions that submitted Regional Cities Initiative applications are: Central: The region’s priority projects include a 35-mile Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line dubbed the Red Line, a 60-acre tech and innovation district, and enhanced trails and pathways to advance the region’s quality of life. That’s “positive energy.”

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BUSINESS REPORT: GA Notches Record Job Growth And Investment In 2012

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Largest Cities (2011): Atlanta, 432,427; Augusta, 196,494; Columbus, 194,107; Savannah, 139,491. This casting facility will initially serve Mando’s Machining/Electric Power Steering Gear/Electronic Stability Control Module facility in North America. GEORGIA FAST FACTS. Population (2011 est.): 9,815,210. Mando Corp.

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STATE FOCUS – Ohio: Slow And Steady

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The National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, or NAMII, opened its doors in September 2012 and has since been redefining the TechBelt as the place where next-generation manufacturing research will thrive, with Youngstown-Warren as the center point. The greater Marion Community Area New Development Organization, Inc.

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