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  • 'Open streets' in Pennsylvania's cities: closing streets to cars, opening them to cyclists and salsa lessons

    May 28, 2015 |

    WHYY |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Colombia, Bogotá

    Bogotá is largely credited with originating the concept of “open streets” —where city roads are closed to car traffic and given over to people for fun and fitness—but it has grown beyond that city, surfacing in Pennsylvania.

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  • Japan's Future Farms

    May 25, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Japan, Fukushima, Tōhoku

    At the Fujitsu factory in Japan, a significant decline in demand for semiconductor computer chips meant the company had large empty factory space sitting unused. A new business approach allowed them to dually address both the need to evolve their business model with a global decline of viable agricultural space needed to grow the world's food. Now, the factory houses indoor vegetable gardens, soil free and less resource-heavy than traditional farmland.

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  • The Seattle model Ithaca may use to shatter drug-jail cycle

    May 22, 2015 |

    The Ithaca Voice |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Ithaca, New York

    The law often traps offenders in a cycle of lawbreaking. LEAD allows for drug users to become committed to a program that helps them through the quitting process instead of throwing them into prison and isolating them from the help they need.

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  • Why A Philadelphia Grocery Chain Is Thriving In Food Deserts

    May 14, 2015 |

    NPR |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Brown's Super Stores operates seven profitable supermarkets in traditionally food desert neighborhoods in Philadelphia. The founder says it's because they brought together a group of community leaders and asked them exactly what they were looking for in a neighborhood grocery store, and used the information to truly create a space for the broader community that often includes health care clinics, banking services, event space, and more.

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  • Dutch Aquatecture: Engineering a Future on the Water

    May 11, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Netherlands

    As climate change causes global sea levels to rise, nations around the world are increasingly concerned about threats to infrastructure and livelihoods. But the Dutch have been keeping the sea at bay for centuries using a variety of methods and technologies. Their designs and plans - such as floating buildings - may provide solutions for other countries looking to evolve and adapt to changing ocean levels.

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  • The world is 4 million teachers short. Here's how to solve that.

    May 08, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Central African Republic

    The developing world lacks teachers, doctors, and mental health care workers. A professor in London suggests training capable civilians via online classes and chats to quickly and effectively fill these needs.

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  • These 10 photos show how faith leaders are responding to Baltimore riots

    April 28, 2015 |

    The Washington Post |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Photos and videos show various actions religious leaders and institutions in Baltimore are taking to help rebuild their community and foster positive interaction in the midst of racial tension, looting, and rioting.

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  • 'Generation Now'—What People Do, When There Seems to Be Nothing to Do

    April 28, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, San Bernardino, California

    San Bernardino's Generation Now, a diverse group of young adults, is injecting their city with a boost of civic action through organizing local people at forums and increasing voter turnout at the polls. From rehabilitating local parks and gardens to holding open dialogues on San Bernardino's greatest challenges, the group is changing the civic landscape of an economically depressed city.

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  • How One Weekend in Dallas Sparked a Movement for Urban Change

    April 20, 2015 |

    Next City |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    A Dallas urban neighborhood was dilapidated with abandoned storefronts and offered no vitality for pedestrians. A group of artists and community members created Build a Better Block, in which local artisans and small businesses took over a vacant block and transformed it for a limited time to encourage the ingredients for more permanent urban renewal.

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  • Anchored in hope: How Toronto is learning from Cleveland's return to prosperity

    April 18, 2015 |

    Toronto Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    After decades of economic and social despair that once saw it named the poorest big city in America, Cleveland has become a model of revitalization, thanks to a unique “anchor strategy” that harnesses the immense wealth and power of the city’s public institutions.

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