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The Challenge
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How might we restore vibrancy in cities and regions facing economic decline?
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Mission #1
Explore Vibrancy
Share your definition of what vibrancy looks like where you live.
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Mission #2
Share Stories
Tell us about the cities and communities you know are currently struggling or in the process of revitalising.
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Mission #3
Get Active
Take some time to get active and explore your own community – then report back what you learned.
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Mission #4
Collect Insights
Interview someone living in a struggling city or region to learn more.
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Mission #5
Surprise Us
Got an Inspiration that doesn't fit the other Missions?
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Inspiration
The Inspiration phase has ended – head over to our current phase to join our efforts. Also be sure to watch our challenge video and check out the incredible list of collective inspirations we sourced during the first phase.
Featured Inspiration
Soup Detroit
This is a great way to bring any community together and to get them to collectively decide on actions they want to take place within their community to create jobs and to improve their surroundings. $5 for Soup, Salad, Bread, and a VOTE! Submitted by: Narbeh Dereghishian MISSION #5: Surprise Us
Mission #2
Share Stories
Boomerang Cities
Aside from Detroit there are two other cities that have experienced sweeping economic and industrial declines. Turin, Italy is the home of Fiat, which struggled for years, and Youngstown, Ohio which felt the impact of reduced steel production.
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Campbell Frey
December 05, 2011
07:54PM |
Mission #1
Explore Vibrancy
Diverse Vibrancy!
India is the diverse country with different culture, communities, festivals.Not only the traditional festivals bring the vibrancy but also traditions, culture and mainly people bring vibrancy to India.
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Gauravi Chaudhari
December 05, 2011
07:36PM |
Mission #3
Get Active
"Hello City? It's me, Lisa"
I had known about the [Murmur] project for a while, but I finally took a Saturday to stroll around and find the green, ear-shaped signs. Through my mobile phone, I called the local number on the sign and, for the first time, listened to my city.
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Lisa Torjman
December 05, 2011
07:30PM |
Mission #5
Surprise Us
Expanding how we measure urban vibrancy
There is a growing interest in using GIS technology to visualize successful transformation of our cities. What can expanding the formal indicators we use to measure the health/vibrancy of our cities can teach us?
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Alicia Riley
December 05, 2011
07:23PM |
Mission #5
Surprise Us
The Fiber City - Comprehensive Model of a shrinking Metropolis
Fiber City 2050 focuses on the use of urban fibers to develop an alternative
model of the metropolis in an era of shrinking cities.
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Masha Safina
December 05, 2011
04:13PM |
Mission #2
Share Stories
Issue + Design in Kobe, Japan
Design competition for social issues in Kobe.
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Ken Endo
December 02, 2011
02:33PM |
Mission #2
Share Stories
Common Floor - An online tool to bridge gap between people staying in apartments
In a time when everyone is too busy to venture out and meet others, this tool acts as a forum for people in same apartments to bond, connect, share and organize and form strong residential communities.
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Shimolee Nahar
November 29, 2011
04:33AM |
Mission #3
Get Active
Valley of the Sun(flowers)
It's no secret that Phoenix, Arizona has vacant land - lots of it. With so much space sitting idle, an affordable development solution can have a huge impact on the urban environment.
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Mike McDearmon
November 09, 2011
12:39AM |
Mission #2
Share Stories
Traffic
I can spend 2 or 3 hours in traffic while getting from work to my home.
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Vladimir Melnikov
November 16, 2011
12:58PM |
Mission #1
Explore Vibrancy
Vibrant streets and exercise
In London designers suggested the inhabitants of Camden to skip the bus or walk for small distances multiple times per day, in order to get the exercise needed and safe money.
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Marie Jakobsen
November 20, 2011
04:33PM |
Mission #1
Explore Vibrancy
Public Viewing
Watching an icon TV-series together in a bar turns a lazy sunday evening into a vibrating group experience.
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Thomas
November 28, 2011
08:29PM |
Mission #5
Surprise Us
Map your assets...especially creative ones.
Maps are powerful. Asking spatial questions about the assets in our communities is crucial to making connections, spurring development, and filling gaps. Philly is leveraging dynamic mapping to visualize and cultivate their creative community.
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Melanie Kahl
November 11, 2011
01:32AM |
Mission #1
Explore Vibrancy
Who can I confide in when times are tough?
It's easy to share good news with people. But when you experience what you view as failure, or go through prolonged periods of difficulty, is it ever easy to confide in even friends and family about the fears, loneliness, and self-doubt you face?
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Jenny Jin
November 28, 2011
01:46PM |
Mission #1
Explore Vibrancy
Exhibition Road Says Sayonara to Sidewalks and Hello to Shared Space
While many liveable city plans encourage more sidewalks and bike lanes to protect pedestrians and cyclists from cars, a new project in London challenges this division with a vision of "shared space"for people and vehicles.
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LaTeisha
November 16, 2011
05:44AM |
Mission #1
Explore Vibrancy
Buildings as canvases
With some digital overlay buildings are transformed into amazing works of art.
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Jason George
November 09, 2011
04:09PM |
Mission #2
Share Stories
Temporary shipping container mall to stimulate economic recovery in Christchurch, New Zealand
Re:START Village is temporary mall built with shipping containers on the site of a mall that was destroyed in February’s 6.3 magnitude earthquake in the New Zealand city of Christchurch.
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Jon Menaster
November 29, 2011
09:28PM |
Mission #3
Get Active
Innovative ways to decorate a community!
A creative and ecological way to decorate a public space. An old chair is used as a flower pot/vase outside a interior design store in Stockholm!
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Ana Cecilia Santos
November 10, 2011
05:14PM |
Mission #2
Share Stories
A Lesson From Tohoku
Two months after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Miori Kashima noticed a problem in the region. The closest amenities that weren’t destroyed from the tsunami were barely accessible to residents.
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Melissa
November 11, 2011
02:40PM |
Mission #1
Explore Vibrancy
Ann Arbor, MI: A Wolverine Way of Life
Despite being second to none as a university community, Ann Arbor is, in my eyes, the ideal town for anyone and everyone. The perfect place for the free-minded undergraduate, family of five, or retired couple looking for a retreat in every regard.
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Nicholas Capicotto
November 13, 2011
10:16PM |
Mission #1
Explore Vibrancy
Start a community store
From a story in the New York Times: A town in upstate NY created its own department store: residents of Saranac Lake did something unusual: they decided to raise capital to open their own department store.
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Whitney Quesenbery
November 13, 2011
06:53PM |
