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  • South Carolina finds innovative way to help first-time moms

    November 30, 2016 |

    Detroit Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Florence, South Carolina

    Thanks to social impact bonds, the Nurse-Family Partnership in South Carolina pairs specially trained nurses with low-income pregnant women for regular home visits, giving the mothers coaching to break the poverty cycle. The state should realize a return on its investment long-term, with lower Medicaid costs, fewer preterm births, bigger gaps between childbirths and fewer emergency room visits.

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  • How other communities are addressing food insecurity

    November 27, 2016 |

    The Press of Atlantic City |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlantic City, New Jersey

    New Jersey looks for those solutions being implemented successfully in other regions around the country to fight hunger in food deserts and poor neighborhoods, assessing what can be replicated in their local communities to address these issues.

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  • Economics And Cannabis In Rural New Mexico

    November 18, 2016 |

    KNME-PBS |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Las Vegas, New Mexico

    In this episode of New Mexico in Focus, we examine the economic impact of medical cannabis in rural communities in our latest report for Small Towns, Big Change. Producer Sarah Gustavus also looks at the potential impact of legalizing recreational marijuana in New Mexico.

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  • America's First All-Renewable-Energy City

    November 17, 2016 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Burlington, Vermont

    Burlington, Vermont counts itself as America's first all-renewable city, satisfying its energy needs through a combination of sustainably harvested pine and timber wood chips, hydroelectricity, four wind turbines, and a solar panel array near the local airport. Aside from the environmental benefit of renewable energy, the city has seen other benefits in the form of cheaper energy costs and healthy, locally-grown food.

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  • Rural economies get high on legal cannabis

    November 15, 2016 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Trinidad, Colorado

    Many small towns in Colorado who have previously struggled economically are now benefitting from the legal marijuana industry. The marijuana sales tax is helping towns pay for infrastructure and development efforts. However, local officials are wary of becoming too reliant upon this industry, as it may not be sustainable. For the time being, towns are using their extra tax dollars to build up their communities.

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  • For fossil fuel-reliant towns, a solar alternative grows

    November 15, 2016 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Delta, Colorado

    A local energy cooperative in Colorado, Delta Montrose Electric Association, is spurring economic development through renewable energy. The program has allowed Delta County to diversify energy sources, and has become a tool for economic revitalization.

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  • A career close to home: Taos nursing program a model of workforce development

    November 14, 2016 |

    The Taos News |

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    Response Location: United States, Taos, New Mexico

    A UNM-Taos nursing program has been touted by the college and the hospital as a great example of workforce development in a community that has long struggled with economic development. As leaders continue to look for ways to diversify the economy beyond low-paying tourism and service industry gigs, the program might be one example of how to effectively merge education and workforce development.

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  • Americans Are Getting Their Voluntourism Fix on a New Carnival Cruise

    November 07, 2016 |

    Vice |

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    Response Location: United States

    Fathom is the world's first-ever cruise line for people who want to vacation and volunteer as a way of helping poor families in the Dominican Republic have concrete floors, water filters etc. However, the impact of this organization is unknown given a lack of data and contrasting anecdotal evidence.

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  • Offshore Wind Energy is Booming in Europe

    October 20, 2016 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

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    Response Location: Denmark, Fredericia, Region of Southern Denmark

    Denmark occupies a seat in the vanguard of efforts to fulfill carbon emission reduction goals of the Paris Agreement, with DONG Energy -- co-owned by the Danish government, Goldman Sachs and shareholders -- building massive arrays of offshore wind turbines. While expansion across the EU remains a challenge because of a still-underdeveloped grid capacity, DONG's efforts show how Denmark's use of free-market demand and public-private collaboration provides an affordable, environmentally- sustainable option.

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  • Massive new solar plot marks big changes in rural Minnesota

    October 19, 2016 |

    Minnesota Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, North Branch, Minnesota

    A new solar array called North Star in the Twin Cities will soon produce enough energy to power more than 20,000 homes. The project allows landowners to evolve beyond a deteriorating farming industry while maintaining native prairie plants under and around the panels for bees and other pollinators. The project is part of the state's 15-year energy plan to reduce carbon emissions by 60 percent and generate a third of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030.

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