General Ideas

I have compiled a couple of interesting projects that begin to prompt larger questions:



How can localized crowd source funding improve where you live or the places you like to visit?

Project Description:
As the crowdfunding bug continues to spread, the fund-raising strategy has radiated outward from Kickstarter's domain of art and video, tohealth expenses, to support for local business. Now a new website calledSpacehive proposes a way for neighbors to fund public works projects for the betterment of their local communities.
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To promote the arts, what if each city neighborhood had its own identity?

Project Description:
The 20 Something Doing Something team presents their idea for bringing together creative and cultural organizations across the city.
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How can temporary economic spurts revitalize a community?

Project Description:
On Wednesday, August 1st, SQFT ("square foot") demonstrated the power of pop-ups in Mid-Market, San Francisco. Various locations along Market Street from 5th to 7th Street opened up their doors to new ideas and curious people like you.
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What if we gave the same priority to bikes that we do to cars?

Project Description:
Cities nationwide though are responding to this need by installing "bike corrals"—elongated bike racks that accomodate up to a dozen bikes—on the curbsides formerly occupied by a single car. Pressure to build the bike corrals is coming from riders, but also increasingly from local businesses who see that this simple, inexpensive piece of infrastructure instantly boosts their traffic. San Francisco's Mission neighborhood is on track to have 19 bike corrals installed by the end of year and Portland boasts 85.
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What if there were urban trading posts for your trash but someone else's treasure?

Project Description:
When's the last time you used a pay phone? We're guessing it's been a while. Those fixtures of urban living are fast becoming relics and John Locke, architectural designer and "spontaneous interventionist," can upgrade any old drab phone booth into a pocket library in five minutes flat. "Is the pay phone an anochronism, or an opportunity?"
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What if you got to decide how a portion of your fines were used?