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February 28, 2013
Google+ Communities Guide

Launched in December, Google+ Communities are a place where users can share ideas and content relating to a particular topic with others who are just as interested in striking up a conversation. Already, the types of Communities available to the Google+ audience seem endless — ranging from science, animals, and even groups devoted to cities such as Detroit and Kansas City.

October 10, 2012
Collaborative Cities: Crowd -Sourced Web Documentary Features Inspiring Communities

Have you ever shared a ladder with a neighbor? Hosted an out of town friend on your couch for the night? Know of someone who works from a co-working space? These examples of sharing resources may come as no surprise to you. Moreover, there are also people out there rebuilding the education, agriculture, transportation, housing, and financial sectors through the concept of sharing. These lesser-known examples may be more common than we think. If more people were aware of this phenomenon would the collaborative economy be booming?

Have you ever shared a ladder with a neighbor? Hosted an out of town friend on your couch for the night? Know of someone who works from a co-working space? These examples of sharing resources may come as no surprise to you. Moreover, there are also people out there rebuilding the education, agriculture, transportation, housing, and financial sectors through the concept of sharing. These lesser-known examples may be more common than we think. If more people were aware of this phenomenon would the collaborative economy be booming?

October 10, 2012
Collaborative Cities: Crowd -Sourced Web Documentary Features Inspiring Communities

Have you ever shared a ladder with a neighbor? Hosted an out of town friend on your couch for the night? Know of someone who works from a co-working space? These examples of sharing resources may come as no surprise to you. Moreover, there are also people out there rebuilding the education, agriculture, transportation, housing, and financial sectors through the concept of sharing. These lesser-known examples may be more common than we think. If more people were aware of this phenomenon would the collaborative economy be booming?

Have you ever shared a ladder with a neighbor? Hosted an out of town friend on your couch for the night? Know of someone who works from a co-working space? These examples of sharing resources may come as no surprise to you. Moreover, there are also people out there rebuilding the education, agriculture, transportation, housing, and financial sectors through the concept of sharing. These lesser-known examples may be more common than we think. If more people were aware of this phenomenon would the collaborative economy be booming?

September 6, 2012
Let’s Save Michigan Campaign Supports Local Placemaking Efforts

When we think of Michigan, images of auto assembly lines and recording studios spring to mind, and we recall how that one state shaped the world with innovations, institutions and created new ways of modern living. Michigan is now facing drastic job losses and one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation, partly due to the collapse and restructuring of the auto industry.

When we think of Michigan, images of auto assembly lines and recording studios spring to mind, and we recall how that one state shaped the world with innovations, institutions and created new ways of modern living.

Michigan is now facing drastic job losses and one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation, partly due to the collapse and restructuring of the auto industry. Tens of thousands of residents, including nearly half of all recent college graduates, are moving out of the state every year for jobs and better opportunities.

June 15, 2011
The Knight Foundation and FCC Team Up

Can a mobile app improve the quality of life for a farmer in America's heartland or perhaps help school children in Detroit, MI? Can a single app be developed that enables Americans to benefit from broadband communications -- regardless of geography, race, economic status, disability, residence on Tribal land, or limited digital or English literacy?

Can a mobile app improve the quality of life for a farmer in America's heartland or perhaps help school children in Detroit, MI? Can a single app be developed that enables Americans to benefit from broadband communications -- regardless of geography, race, economic status, disability, residence on Tribal land, or limited digital or English literacy?

March 5, 2011
Renew Newcastle

Affectionately referred to as the Detroit of Australia, Newcastle inauspiciously jump-started their own downtown revitalization with the simple creation of a Facebook page.