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How cities and electric companies can unlock a powerful partnership

Jesse Berst, chairman of the Smart Cities Council, explains the goals and opportunities cities and electric utilities share, as well as what they can offer each other.

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How smart city technology can improve quality of life

Doug Peeples, readiness editor at the Smart Cities Council, explains how local governments can use smart city initiatives to improve quality of life in their communities.

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How cities are satisfying the public’s new appetite for mobility options

Smart Cities Council Global Managing Editor Kevin Ebi, explains how cities are trying to satisfy the public’s new desires for mobility options.

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Why and how to partner with your electric company

Smart Cities Council Chairman Jesse Berst explains why the local power utility is the best collaborator and supporter in the progression towards becoming a smarter city.

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Baltimore’s ambitious strategy to dramatically reduce food waste and feed the hungry

Food rescue and recovery programs aren’t new. We’ve reported on their strategies and technologies they use before. The benefits to keeping food that restaurants, stores and others can’t use out of landfills are numerous: feeding the hungry, reducing air pollution and wasting fewer resources like the water and energy it took to grow it. The […]

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How close collaboration is advancing Birmingham

More than 150 people who represent the full spectrum of those who live, work and lead the city of Birmingham participated in the city’s Readiness Workshop, part of its package for being one of five winners of the 2018 Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge. “Our city is in the middle of an evolution that is […]

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Tearing down silos

Cary, N.C., is increasing interdepartmental cooperation to better serve its citizens.

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Three ideas to close the digital divide in your city

By Kevin Ebi, Smart Cities Council Pick 10 Americans at random and you’ll find that at least one of them doesn’t use the internet. The latest research from the Pew Research Center finds 11% of Americans don’t go online. There are some common traits among them. They tend to be older, though they aren’t exclusively elderly. […]

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Readiness Challenge: How Las Vegas’s spirit of innovation will benefit all

Kevin Ebi, global managing editor of the Smart Cities Council, explains how Las Vegas took advantage of its Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge to focus on mobility, civic engagement and public safety.

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Three tech tools that can keep our citizens and first responders safe

Smart Cities Council Readiness Editor Doug Peeples explains technologies that public safety departments can use to better serve citizens.

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How cities and electric companies can unlock a powerful partnership

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How smart city technology can improve quality of life

Sponsored

How cities are satisfying the public’s new appetite for mobility options

Sponsored

Why and how to partner with your electric company

Sponsored

Baltimore’s ambitious strategy to dramatically reduce food waste and feed the hungry

Sponsored

How close collaboration is advancing Birmingham

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Tearing down silos

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Three ideas to close the digital divide in your city

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Readiness Challenge: How Las Vegas’s spirit of innovation will benefit all

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Three tech tools that can keep our citizens and first responders safe

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