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What Detroit Will Look Like In The Future, According To Residents' Text Messages

BY Alissa Walker | 05-17-2012 | 4:26 PM | SLIDESHOW

Detroit has seen plenty of projects that attempt to revitalize its streets. But a temporary art installation might have left one of the city's most lasting impressions. READ MORE›

Hippie Capitalism: How An Impoverished U.S. City Is Building An Economy On Co-ops

BY Emily Badger | 05-14-2012 | 1:47 PM | INNOVATION

With sky-high unemployment, Richmond, California, is not a place where traditional business models alone can dent poverty. The city has turned to co-ops in hopes that people who might be unemployable in the traditional economy gain access to both jobs and control over their own labor.READ MORE›

For Toyota, JPMorgan, And State Farm, Arizona Is The Silicon Valley Of Data Security

BY Shane Snow | 05-14-2012 | 7:42 AM | INNOVATION

In the Phoenix metro area, sprawling data centers and fraud-prevention companies bloom like the cacti and agaves of a growing tech ecosphere.READ MORE›

What Art-School Kids In Savannah Teach Us About Urban Renewal

BY Emily Badger | 05-09-2012 | 1:33 PM | DESIGN

Some of the most interesting revitalization work in Savannah is coming not from the traditional--and often unsuccessful--saviors of decayed neighborhoods. It’s coming from design students, who are earnestly trying to find ways to work with local residents without igniting suspicion of outsiders wielding big ideas.READ MORE›

4 Tips For Starting A Farm In Your City [Video]

BY Jude Stewart | 05-07-2012 | 7:40 PM | DESIGN

Urban-farming innovators such as Detroit and Cleveland offer an object lesson in how cities can transform disused land into tomorrow’s (healthy) dinner. READ MORE›

How An App Born Of Baltimore's Housing Crisis Could Save You Money

BY Alissa Walker | 05-02-2012 | 8:06 PM | DESIGN

NestPix, one of the latest startups to emerge from Baltimore's vibrant tech scene, helps property owners track renovations--and protect the value of their homes. READ MORE›

Bloomington's Med-Tech Industry Is A Lifesaver

BY Ryan White | 05-02-2012 | 3:48 PM | INNOVATION

Bloomington, Indiana, has one of the largest clusters of medical-device and life-science companies in the nation. And they aren’t just pumping out tongue depressors. They’re developing technologies that save lives and improve surgical outcomes. READ MORE›

A 3-Step Guide To Whipping Your City's Startup Scene Into Shape

BY Billy Warden and Greg Behr | 04-30-2012 | 1:34 PM | INNOVATION

R.U.N.! READ MORE›

Philadelphia Sets Sights On Becoming America's Next Big Tech Town

BY Shane Snow | 04-29-2012 | 11:28 PM | INNOVATION

Leave it to a determined community of nerds building tech companies to help the City of Brotherly Love live up to its nickname once again. READ MORE›

Why Flying Drones Are The Future Of Journalism

BY Emily Badger | 04-26-2012 | 1:42 PM | INNOVATION

And why Nebraska--not New York or California--is ushering in the sea change. READ MORE›

How A Colorado Town's Med-Tech Startups Thrive On Shoestring Budgets, Stem Cells

BY Garth Sundem | 04-23-2012 | 5:52 PM | INNOVATION

In most cities, academic researchers have to drive across town, or even through other cities, to reach an industry incubator. In Aurora, they just walk across the street.READ MORE›

Meet Nick Bauta, The Designer-Entrepreneur Driving Providence's Industrial Renaissance

BY Alissa Walker | 04-18-2012 | 10:01 PM | INNOVATION

After a deadly fire, Providence officials enacted strict building codes that virtually dismantled the city's lively arts scene. The task has fallen to a RISD grad to rebuild it, one abandoned warehouse at a time.READ MORE›

What The World's Smallest Office Says About Durham's Big Innovation Ambitions

BY Emily Badger | 04-18-2012 | 3:18 PM | WORK/LIFE

Durham taps three sisters to represent the city's commitment to entrepreneurship by moving into an office about the size of a bathroom.READ MORE›

Why The Next Big Ideas In Education Will Come Out Of New Orleans

BY Anya Kamenetz | 04-17-2012 | 5:03 PM | ETHONOMICS

With 71% of New Orleans schoolchildren attending charter schools, the atmosphere is ripe for testing new educational ideas. Enter 4.0 Schools, a nonprofit incubator that helps turn teachers into entrepreneurs.READ MORE›

For Lexus, Acura, And Airbnb, The Center Of The Mobile Galaxy Is Durham, NC

BY Shane Snow | 04-16-2012 | 9:50 AM | INNOVATION

Unlike crowded NYC or San Francisco, computer science talent in midsize cities like Durham can be less of a chore to recruit. And less expensive.READ MORE›

Google's Creative Destruction

BY Farhad Manjoo | 03-30-2012 | 6:24 PM | MAGAZINE

Venture-capital firms have been the engine of the United States’ innovation economy. At Google Ventures, the search giant’s investing arm, Google thinks it can build a better one.READ MORE›

AgLocal Connects Meat Eaters With Meat Producers

BY Rachel Z. Arndt | 03-30-2012 | 6:21 PM | MAGAZINE

New ideas, new markets, new insights--innovation takes many forms. Look around and you'll find it all over the U.S.A.READ MORE›

Thomas Jefferson High School For Science And Technology Breeds Young Innovators

BY Rachel Z. Arndt | 03-30-2012 | 6:15 PM | MAGAZINE

New ideas, new markets, new insights--innovation takes many forms. Look around and you'll find it all over the U.S.A.READ MORE›

Susan Cain Gives Introverts More Power and Influence

BY Rachel Z. Arndt | 03-30-2012 | 6:13 PM | MAGAZINE

New ideas, new markets, new insights--innovation takes many forms. Look around and you'll find it all over the U.S.A.READ MORE›

Georgia Chopsticks Finds A New Market In China

BY Rachel Z. Arndt | 03-30-2012 | 6:08 PM | MAGAZINE

New ideas, new markets, new insights--innovation takes many forms. Look around and you'll find it all over the U.S.A.READ MORE›