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Building Belleville

When Belleville Mayor Neil Ellis thought about the infrastructure gap that his municipality was facing, it was enough to keep him up at night. The…

The Road Ahead

Now that the ice and snow has disappeared from roads in most parts of the country, it’s time to address the potholes left behind, on…

The Economics of Green Infrastructure

Traditionally, green infrastructure was developed for aesthetic reasons. However, these systems provide much needed services such as water management, climate change mitigation and adaptation, air…

The Era of Innovative Financing

The global economic crisis and current economic slowdown has countries around the world opting for tightly controlled budgets and drastic cuts in public deficits. In…

Talk is Cheap

When this annual series of conferences started in 1984, TEDTalks focused on technology, education, and design. While organizers kept the acronym, the scope of Ideas…