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(Fire)man’s Best Friend

This winter, we’re launching the Adopt-A-Hydrant program, a first-of-its-kind effort, where residents can volunteer to keep hydrants in their neighborhood accessible to firefighters after snowstorms. By keeping hydrants free of snow, volunteers will help firefighters respond to a fire emergency more quickly, when every second counts. Last year,…

Calling All Developers!

On January 12, the MBTA, MassDOT and the City of Boston launched the MBTA & Boston Bikes Developers Challenge. This challenge focuses on encouraging the development of apps that help Boston resident use the MBTA and New Balance Hubway to travel through the Boston area. These apps will highlight…

New Sign On The Block

Have you ever see an old building in Boston and wondered about its history? Or wanted to share a comment about the building’s current use, or suggest how it could be even better? In Fields Corner, you can now do this – thanks to the works of the…

Mayor Menino Discusses The Street Bump Challenge

In partnership with InnoCentive and Liberty Mutual, the City of Boston recently launched the Street Bump Challenge. Below is an excerpt of an interview with Mayor Menino about this Challenge from InnoCentive’s Perspectives on Innovation Blog. Hello Mayor Menino. Thanks very much for talking to us today about…

Boston’s Mobile Industry

Mobile technology like the iPhone has already changed our society and is going to continue to do so in increasingly unexpected and disruptive ways as mobile devices become more powerful and dynamic.

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What is New Urban Mechanics? New Urban Mechanics is an approach to civic innovation focused on delivering transformative City services to Boston’s residents. While the language may sound new, the principles of New Urban Mechanics - collaborating with constituents, focusing on the basics of government, and pushing for bolder ideas - are not. In fact, our Mayor, Thomas M. Menino, who is known as the Urban Mechanic, has been preaching this mantra for years. Through the pairing of...

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The Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics (MONUM) pilots civic innovations that offer the potential to improve radically the quality of City services. MONUM focuses on three major issue areas: Participatory Urbanism, Clicks & Bricks, and Education. To design, conduct and evaluate pilot projects in these areas, MONUM builds partnerships between constituents, academics, entrepreneurs, non-profits and City staff. If you would like to work with us on an idea you have...

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