- City leaders can better prepare for the future when they partner with the private sector.
- Public-private partnerships can improve outreach, speed, efficiency, connectivity, and cohesion.
- These partnerships can also help cities pay for projects like smart streetlights and stay on budget.
- This article is part of a series focused on American cities building a better tomorrow called "Advancing Cities."
City governments are taking on increasing responsibility in dealing with the effects of climate change by embracing technology. While many city leaders readily accept the challenge to prepare their municipalities for the future, they recognize that they often need to partner with the private sector — nonprofits, businesses, local organizations, and academics — to be most effective.
The Colorado Smart Cities Alliance announced the start of the Connected Colorado Challenge June 30, calling for innovative technology solutions to some of the most pressing issues facing cities in the state.
Colorado cities are calling for urban tech vendors to address some of the key issues facing their communities.
The Colorado Smart Cities Alliance has announced the start of the the Connected Colorado Challenge (C² Challenge), seeking technology solutions in four areas: housing, community resilience, safe streets and civic engagement.
Weiterlesen: US: Colorado Smart Cities Alliance Launches C² Challenge
As state and local governments digitally transform their organizations to support remote work, more convenient constituent services, the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), smart city projects and more, they’re finding that traditional wireless network mediums don’t always meet the latency, security or other needs of modern use cases. They’re also struggling with the cost and complexity of on-premises network operations centers (NOCs) that can draw time and resources away from mission-critical work.
As state and local governments digitally transform their organizations to support remote work, more convenient constituent services, the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), smart city projects and more, they’re finding that traditional wireless network mediums don’t always meet the latency, security or other needs of modern use cases. They’re also struggling with the cost and complexity of on-premises network operations centers (NOCs) that can draw time and resources away from mission-critical work.
Weiterlesen: New Network Connectivity Options for Powering Digital Government
Bridging Cleveland’s ‘digital divide’ was one of the key tenants of Mayor Justin Bibb’s campaign. This week, he unveiled one of the first steps in accomplishing that goal. The city is now seeking proposals from potential partners on how to best bring affordable, high-quality broadband services to some of its digital deserts.
Released on Thursday, the city’s request for proposals (RFP) broadly outlines the intended goals of Mayor Bibb’s digital adoption and affordable access initiatives. In the short term, the two-phased approach aims to provide affordable internet access to every home in Cleveland and with speeds that match consumer demand. Long term, the city’s digital equity initiatives include the possibility of making high-speed fiber-optic internet access available to all city residents.
Three cities in Michigan were selected for the MINextCities program, and Dearborn was one of them.
The others were Marquette and Flint.
MINextCities is a new statewide program that supports the use of technology to improve energy efficiency, reliability, sustainability, safety, and overall quality of life. The goal of the pilot program is to model a roadmap for small and mid-sized cities to become the “smart cities” of the future.
Weiterlesen: US: Michigan: Dearborn included in MINextCities pilot program