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SmartCitiesWorld News: Detroit $700,000 startup fund to foster innovation and jobs
Source: SmartCitiesWorld News Author: SmartCitiesWorld news team Date published: 2025-08-01 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Detroit $700,000 startup fund to foster innovation and jobsDetroit has announced a $700,000 startup fund to fuel job...
SmartCitiesWorld News: Fifteen municipalities join the City Data Alliance
Source: SmartCitiesWorld News Author: SmartCitiesWorld news team Date published: 2025-08-01 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Fifteen municipalities join the City Data AllianceThe local governments will receive expert support to build on...
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Cities | The Guardian: Sprawl or nothing: medium-density advocates despair as Brisbane swings back to urban expansion
Source: Cities | The Guardian Author: Andrew Messenger Date published: 2025-07-30 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Almost two decades ago, the Queensland historian Peter Spearritt issued a dire warning.If planning attitudes didn’t change,...
SmartCitiesWorld News: Berlin progresses state building decarbonisation programme
Source: SmartCitiesWorld News Author: SmartCitiesWorld news team Date published: 2025-07-30 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Berlin State Library (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin) is working with Siemens to reduce its energy consumption, lower...
SmartCitiesWorld News: Germany to deploy battery trains on busy commuter route
Source: SmartCitiesWorld News Author: SmartCitiesWorld news team Date published: 2025-07-28 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Siemens Mobility has officially presented its low-emission battery trains at the Wegberg-Wildenrath test centre in...
Bloomberg CityLab: San Francisco in Talks With Vanderbilt for Downtown Campus
Source: Bloomberg CityLab Author: Alicia Clanton Date published: 2025-07-28 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and Vanderbilt University said they’re in talks to bring a new campus to the city’s struggling...
Econ Dev Show Podcast – Economic Development: Economic Development 183: Small-Scale Manufacturing as Community Development Strategy with Ilana Preuss
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