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How might we restore vibrancy in cities and regions facing economic decline?
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Bottom-Up Innovation Institute for Social Entrepreneurs from Low-Income Communities
Facilitate innovation BY the community, FOR the community through an institute that provides exposure to research methods, design thinking, tips for shaping policy, workshop facilitation, technical support, connections, mentorship, and seed funding.
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Alicia Riley
January 02, 2012
05:16AM |
The Center 4 Simple Start-ups
The Center 4 Simple Start-ups could be a website, a small non-profit business, or a social network. It would provide information on self-employment, low-capital start-ups, implementation resources, and networking opportunities.
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Aimee Hornberger
December 31, 2011
07:33AM |
Create disincentives against new parking lot construction
Underutilized parking lots are unsightly deserts devoid of life.
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Molly Norris
December 18, 2011
07:14PM |
LIGHT UP THE CITY
Light up the city with "diyas" which are oil lamps made of clay. This happens during the famous festival of Diwali in India. You can see even the most economically under developed areas filled with vibrancy and bright spirit. And it's ECO FRIENDLY !
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Divya Ramachandran
December 29, 2011
01:06PM |
The Zoom Zoom Car Park- Industrial Retrofitting
Detroit, Michigan is home to the three leading American automobile brands, General Motors, Chrysler and Ford. Since the 1950's manufacturing of automobiles in cities has drastically declined as international vehicles made their way into the nation...
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Tarana Hafiz
December 10, 2011
02:45AM |
Revitalization Through Alleys
In Austin, Texas, students at Univ. of Texas at Austin worked with a community members to revitalize their community through the alley ways.
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Kelly Heyer
December 06, 2011
10:04PM |
terrace co-operatives to serve different functions locally
Legible visual identity -Inspired by Kite flying festival of Ahmedabad (Gujarat, India) - when all the families spent the day flying kites,play music and eat on their respective terraces and the night life of tourist cities like Udiapur in India.
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Mamta Gautam
December 18, 2011
07:52AM |
Choose you own adventure -- Detroit style!
An adventure in your own city! cross between "Geocaching" and a "Choose Your Own Adventure" novel. Using a mobile phone, you explore your city in a story where you are the main character! You solve clues, have fun and perhaps get a free hamburger!
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Gillian Langor
December 10, 2011
03:49AM |
Evolver: An accelerator for social enterprises
Accelerators give startups a rocket boost in the development of their product or service. Where better to site an accelerator for social enterprises than in a struggling city? The perfect place to try out social business concepts locally.
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Ciara Byrne
December 07, 2011
04:21PM |
Occupy All Streets. (“99%” + “1%” + G*)
Amalgamate, through corwdsourcing, resources from the “1%” (funding, experience) + resources from the “99%” (drive, creativity, work) + resources from Government (oversight, security, services).
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Saul Lederman
December 20, 2011
05:33PM |
Bike shoveling
How can we find ways to make seasonal changes fun and economical
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David Tang
December 22, 2011
07:46AM |
Urban Gardens
Why not take unused apartment roof tops, and turn them into gardens for the community?
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Scott Lindborg
December 20, 2011
01:01AM |
Community Engagement Through Local Museums
The inherent vibrancy of a community can be revealed and fostered through active local participation in community museums and historical societies. Let's get people involved! Let's provide communities with a place of pride and empowerment. Let's c...
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Clare Brown
December 09, 2011
04:47PM |
UN-build--Turn unused buildings into venues for roving markets
The concept is to create a roving market for local businesses, food, art and products to be sold in unused building space around the city. Looking for the perfect holiday gift? It will be coming soon to a vacant venue near you!
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Susannah Ware
December 08, 2011
05:03AM |
Citizen Talents based Schools for everyone
47% of Detroit residents are considered "functionally illiterate". With such a high risk of exclusion, how would they contribute to the city development ? Citizen Talents Schools would be their tool to be recognized and give back its soul to the city
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Clotilde Serien
December 08, 2011
06:17PM |
Let the Youth Direct Photo/Art Competition
A youth "photo-video-art" competition that centers around beauty in Detroit. By creating a Detroit "photo-video-art" competition, we can lead youth to look past the immediate disintegration around them and instead, search for and realize the beauty,
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Michelle Lu
December 24, 2011
02:13AM |
Sidewalk Chalk Art Contests
In an effort to promote foot traffic in the city certain sidewalks could be designated for chalk art once a month. Partition off the sidewalks for local artists to display their talents and over the course of a weekend pedestrians will vote for a ...
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Peter Marshall
December 10, 2011
03:31AM |
Natural Building Community
Cob, a mixture of sand, clay, and straw is a natural building material that can be hand-sculpted and is ideal for natural building community projects like benches, ovens, bus-stops and playgrounds.
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Avi Solomon
December 15, 2011
07:01PM |
Combining Marketing and Philanthropic Dollars to Give a Leg Up to Local Entrepreneurs
What if corporates/foundations/city agencies were able to give a leg up to aspiring entrepreneurs in their cities through lending their brand power? What if Nike "adopted" the next TOMS shoes?
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Amy Benziger
December 08, 2011
01:09AM |
Neighborland is up for the Challenge
Neighborland is a new civic engagement platform. We are currently live in New Orleans, and are planning to launch in Detroit in 2012. This OpenIDEO challenge would be a great way to build local support for the Neighborland community.
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Dan Parham
December 14, 2011
11:13PM |
