Five U.S. cities received great news this week from the Citi Foundation and Living Cities. Albuquerque, Atlanta, Baltimore, New Orleans and Seattle have been chosen to join City Accelerator, a $3 million initiative to promote municipal innovation. Each city will receive up to $170,000 in
MORE >Please join the Great Cities Institute tonight for a talk on the state of urban education with Pedro Noguera, Professor of Education at New York University. WBEZ reporter Linda Lutton will interview Professor Noguera on the shortcomings of current educational policy promoted in
MORE >Great conversations that produce innovative and inspiring ideas are often spurred through a meal shared with friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, even strangers.
Tables, by nature of their design, promote conversation; the intimate act of
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