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  • Reviving old strip malls: What can Mansfield learn from Woburn, Mass.?

    As strip malls continue to decline, some urban planning and real estate experts are advocating to turn the spaces into mixed-use developments with both residential and commercial spaces. This redevelopment is an opportunity to revitalize and enrich a community by creating a village-like setting, like Woburn Village, with its 175,000 square-feet of commercial space and 350 housing units.

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  • What Can Cities Learn from Kansas City's Fare-Free Transit Program?

    The Kansas City Streetcar provides fare-free transportation for residents, which helps to get them downtown and promote more economic development. The fare-free streetcar also makes transit more equitable by removing barriers for low-income passengers and improving mobility for people with disabilities.

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  • What If Donated Food Was Delightful?

    Dion’s Chicago Dream addresses food insecurity through a community fridge filled with fresh produce and weekly home deliveries of fresh, healthy foods.

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  • RTD hires its first homeless outreach coordinator to visit stations, offer services to those illegally camped

    Through a collaborative effort between the Jefferson Center, the community mental health center for Jefferson County, and RTD train stations, those experiencing homelessness are receiving help. RTD hosts a homeless navigator that connects people at bus and train stations to mental health centers. The collaboration also links those in need with shelters, a hot meal, or even needle-exchange programs.

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  • Felled City Trees Could Grow a New Lumber Economy

    Groups and businesses across the country are encouraging cities to sell or recycle urban wood instead of sending it to a landfill. Many have started small businesses that turn the wood into products like furniture.

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  • Pradėjus socialinį projektą, kaime nebeliko bedarbių – darbas pas žmones atvažiuoja pats

    Ukmergės rajono Tulpiakiemio kaime beveik nebeliko bedarbių, sumažėjo ir socialinės rizikos šeimų. Tai pavyko pasiekti per pastaruosius trejus metus, kai kaimelyje pradėjo veikti "Užimtumo namai", vadovaujami socialinės darbuotojos. Jos komanda aktyviai ieško rankinio nekvalifikuoto darbo poreikio rinkoje ir pasirūpina, kad darbas pas žmones atvažiuotų pats ir nereikėtų niekur vykti.

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  • Kelp Farming Is Reviving an Ancient Practice -- and a Modern Economy

    A kelp hatchery run by residents of the Shinnecock Reservation in New York is creating jobs and cleaning up the bay because the seaweed soaks up carbon and pollutants.

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  • Home decor business built out of water hyacinth

    MitiMeth trains Nigerians to harvest the invasive hyacinth seaweed and weave it into products like baskets and furniture. The business helps clean up waterways while securing consistent incomes for local residents.

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  • A Skyscraper in Jakarta Offers Lessons for Quake-Prone Indonesia

    A 51-story skyscraper in Jakarta, Indonesia, built with a belt-truss system kept workers safe and working during an earthquake. The system reduces vibration and movement by linking some of the walls and frames of the building.

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  • Alabama Women Put Their Bodies on the Line to Keep a Miners' Strike Alive

    Union’s auxiliary members and miners’ wives work to support the miners on strike from Warrior Met Coal in Alabama by running a strike pantry, collecting donations, and planning strike activities and marches. In some cases, wives agreed to be arrested in the name of the cause. The bonds they’ve formed throughout the process are what keep them going.

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