Shared Manufacturing Spaces – The Most Recent Iteration Of An Intentional Community

Shared manufacturing spaces are appearing in many American cities. During a recent fellowship Management Training Academy in Detroit, the SC2 fellows toured Ponyride which provides “space for socially conscious artists and entrepreneurs to work and share knowledge, resources, and networks.”

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Economic recovery: more eggs, but which baskets?

While some of its American steel sisters such as Pittsburgh and Allentown have forged significant recoveries, Youngstown still struggles with the after effects of its late 20th century decline.

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What is meaningful public involvement?

In reality, no matter what time a public serving organization, like a transit agency or a city council, schedules its meetings, the time will be inconvenient for some people. For far too long, organizations have focused almost exclusively on making the meetings accessible to the largest number of people.

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Memphis in May

Since 1977 the festival has encouraged downtown redevelopment and championed civic pride. Memphis in May is a celebration of music, culture, arts, and food through a series of major events.

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Can Social Impact Bonds Revolutionize the Way We Provide Health Care to the Most Marginalized?

You probably don’t know who Dr. Jeffrey Brenner is, but in certain health policy wonk and med student circles he’s kind of a celebrity. Brenner has been working in Camden, New Jersey for 11 years with some of the poorest and most marginalized residents, who not surprisingly also have some of the worst health care outcomes.

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While the housing market recovers, the mess remains

In Cleveland, it seems like we came home to find our house had been robbed. The thieves didn’t necessarily take the most valuable assets, but they definitely trashed the place, so anything remaining with value is tainted or broken in some way.

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The World is Turning to Youngstown for Technology

A rapidly expanding and highly lauded success born out of the Youngstown Business Incubator, Turning Technologies is a global leader in software and hardware for audience response and classroom engagement systems.

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SC2 Fellow Selected for Next City’s 2013 Vanguard Conference

The German Marshall Fund of the United States is pleased to announce that Dekonti Mends-Cole, Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2) Fellow, serving in Detroit, MI, has been selected to participate in Next City’s 2013 Vanguard Class from June 10-12, in Cleveland, OH.

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Transit-Oriented Development in the United States: What Can the Dutch Learn?

This policy paper discusses several key factors for the successful implementation of transit-oriented development.

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Upcoming Webinar – From Munich to Malmö: Lessons from Europe on transit priority and livable streets

Denver Igarta, an urban planner for the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation, and Tony Mazzella, strategic advisor for the Seattle Department of Transportation, will present and discuss their month-long research in Europe.

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Valencia and the Entrepreneurial Public Sector

We need our public housing authority, city and county housing departments, and others to start stepping differently.

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Roundball: Much More than March Madness

Kevin and I hit it off at our first meeting at Youngstown City Hall. We connected on the simplicity and versatility of basketball as a vehicle for helping kids.

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Rightsizing Transportation Infrastructure in the Motor City

Detroit has the opportunity to remake its transportation network for the 21st century, without big-ticket infrastructure investment.

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