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Top 10 Ivory Innovations Finalists for the 2023 Housing Affordability Prize

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RELATED Game-Changing Construction Automation with Diamond Age Inherent L3C Chicago, Illinois | Construction and Design Category Inherent L3C believes in the power of community reinvestment through the creation of trade careers, homeownership, and community-based businesses.

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Top 25 Finalists for Ivory Innovations' Housing Affordability Prize

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In the Finance category, finalists include organizations focused on construction financing, shared-equity models, and renter programs that support increased savings and equity. Diamond Age is currently building entry-level homes for the 9th largest homebuilder in the U.S.

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Three interconnected solutions for 'saving' urban centers

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In the last three years, urban centers have been hammered by an unprecedented series of connected, compounding crises—from existential threats like the pandemic and climate change, to complex issues of safety, equity, and affordability. Signal House, Washington, D.C. Photo courtesy Gensler So how can workplace design support this?

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Hard Hats & Crafts – Celebrating Women Leaders in Construction Safety

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He explained Chicago couplers to me and the need to always have a cotter pin, how whip checks worked and that it was important they sit above and below (not on) the fitting. I said, “I do” and I recounted for him exactly what he had taught me about Chicago couplers. He asked if I knew what I was looking at and I said no.

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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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Major market centers in the region include: Memphis, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and St. Louis and Chicago to the north and New Orleans to the south, while Interstate 30 connects Arkansas with markets to the southwest, including Texas and Mexico. population.

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COMMUNITY PROFILE: Opportunity Knocks in Southwest Louisiana

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The minor requires coursework in creativity science, communication skills and commercialization, which means learning how to develop a raw idea into one that can be commercially viable,” he said. In addition to the mammoth Sasol project, Chicago Bridge and Iron has opened a new $100-million facility.

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FEATURE STORY: The Cultural Roots Of High-Tech Growth

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billion in equity. Seattle, Austin, Philadelphia and Chicago. What Coloradans call the Front Range is an innovation hub with multiple federal labs, research universities and tech companies that produce innovations in a torrent of new ideas. billion; San Jose notched 276 startups and nearly $3.3 INNOVATION ON THE “FRONT RANGE”.