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Air Quality Series: Funding Opportunities for Community-Based Air Quality Monitoring
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- 08/23/2023
Learn how a community can find the funds to support the critical work of community-based air quality monitoring.
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Curious about smart cities? Our blog explores community-led applications and services, strategies for public-private partnership, approaches to data management, breakthroughs in wireless technology, and more. Read on!
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Air Quality Series: Exploring the Next Generation of Air Quality Sensors
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- 08/16/2023
Learn how US Ignite's air quality working group feedback has helped companies create a second generation of air quality sensors that are more modular, easier to deploy, offer a cellular communication option, and report the broader range of readings required by climate-change-induced wildfires.
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Air Quality Series: Six Strategies for Safer Air
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- 08/09/2023
See the six strategies for leveraging the data collected from a localized community-based air quality network.
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Air Quality Series: Intro & Insights for Fighting Air Pollution
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- 08/03/2023
Welcome to our new blog post series on community-driven efforts to monitor and improve air quality. In this series, you will learn: what our community partners have discovered from installing low-cost air quality sensor networks; strategies for mitigating air quality risks; and funding opportunities for new air quality projects.
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Recapping Two Inspiring InnovateSLC Events
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- 07/26/2023
US Ignite’s InnovateSLC program supports startups and small businesses in Salt Lake City, Utah, through two distinct efforts - a workshop series for small businesses and an accelerator course for startups. In June 2023, both of these initiatives hosted milestone events for the program. Check out the videos and images!
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Long Beach Residents Design Smart Community Projects
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- 06/30/2023
The City of Long Beach, CA is collaborated with four neighborhoods to identify local challenges and solicit solutions through city-backed RFPs.
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From Utah Tech Week to “Innovate & Succeed,” Salt Lake City Small Business Trainings Continue!
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- 06/26/2023
Check out a recap from workshops held at Utah Tech Week and sign up for the next small business training.
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Building the “Building Trust-Centric Innovation Districts Playbook”
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- 06/15/2023
In this conversation, Watson Deacon, author of the Building Trust-Centric Innovation Districts Playbook, shares about his research process.
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US Ignite Announced Winners of Intelligent Infrastructure Application of the Year Award
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- 06/13/2023
The Inclement Weather Decision Support App was selected from among ten semi-finalists after a pitch to a panel of judges and live audience as the Intelligent Infrastructure App of the Year!
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Arlington's Safety and Innovation Zone Featured by NBC4 Washington
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- 06/08/2023
Watch NBC4 Washington coverage of the Safety and Innovation Zone in Arlington County.
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What Cities Need to Know about the Economic Development Administration
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- 06/06/2023
This blog post reviews exclusive tips Economic Development Agency representatives provided our network of communities on federal grants.
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Jigyasa Sharma on ChatGPT and 15-Minute Cities
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- 05/26/2023
US Ignite's Program Manager recently published two blog posts on Zpryme, a research, media, and events agency with a focus on energy.
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Here are the tools to “Seize the Moment!”
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- 05/23/2023
"Seizing the moment" requires more than inspirational anecdotes. So we released three new resources to help community leaders.
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We need more programs like Project OVERCOME
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- 05/16/2023
By Jigyasa Sharma, Program Manager, US Ignite
The Project OVERCOME initiative led by US Ignite was conceived of and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF Award # CNS-2044448) with additional support from Schmidt Futures.
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Where to Catch US Ignite Communities in Action at Smart Cities Connect
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- 05/10/2023
See where you can catch US Ignite communities in action at the upcoming Smart Cities Connect Conference and Expo, in Denver, CO.
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Two Teams Win the Virginia Cybersecurity Challenge
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- 04/24/2023
Nearly two years after the Virginia Cybersecurity Challenge first kicked off in May 2021, two teams - representing Virginia Commonwealth University and Virginia Military Institute- were announced victorious at the annual CCI Symposium on April 17, 2023.