The Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Innovation Delivery has been selected by the National League of Cities to participate in the 2015 Multi-City Innovation Campaign. The MCIC serves as a platform for developers, innovators and community leaders to build scalable and sustainable solutions that will change the way that cities communicate and provide information to residents about programs.
The program was recently recognized as a “Bright Idea” by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University and also receives thought leadership support from Esri and Socrata.
Atlanta is one of 25 cities that will collaborate with NLC to work with the entrepreneurial ecosystem in new innovative ways to improve public and community health.
To support scalable and sustainable new technology, Atlanta and the other partnering cities will each provide $5,000 to the winning technology, if the city chooses to deploy that new technology in its community, for a total of up to $120,000.
Other participating cities include:
Austin, Texas; Boston, Mass.; Charlotte, N.C.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Los Angeles, Calif.; Louisville, Ky.; Memphis, Tenn.; Mountain View, Calif.; Nashville, Tenn.; Oakland, Calif.; Palo Alto, Calif.; Philadelphia, Penn.; Raleigh, N.C.; Salt Lake City, Utah; San Francisco, Calif.; San Luis Obispo, Calif.; Charlotte, N.C.; Durham, N.C.; Somerville, Mass.; Pittsburgh, Pa.; Saint Paul, Minn.; Sacramento, Calif.; and Seattle, Wash. Non-city participants include Durham County, N.C., and State of Rhode Island.
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