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星期二, 12月 16, 2014

波市府獲彭博基金獎助135萬元推動創新

波士頓市府十五日透露,市長馬丁華殊(Martin Walsh)要在2030年前建造53,000間住宅單位的理想,獲得一百三十五萬元獎助金,將用於設立“住宅創新實驗室(Housing Innovation Lab)”,研究並提出如何達成理想的建議。
            該實驗室將由波士頓市長辦公室裡的“新市區機械學(New Urban Mechanics)”辦公室和鄰里發展部調員工作。
            這一為期三年的獎助金是由前紐約市長彭博的彭博慈善基金撥發。彭博曾付款給其他城市的創新隊伍,並表示幫助了紐奧良市(New Orleans)降低謀殺率,推動增長了曼菲斯(Memphis)的企業數目。
            馬丁華殊在一份聲明中表示,波士頓必須盡一切可能,確保想要幫助波士頓成為一個更好地方的人可以負擔得起住在波士頓。
            彭博慈善基金還撥款獎助了其他十三個城市的創新團隊,最近這一輪撥款,總額四千五百萬元。

Boston Receives $1.35 Million Innovation Team Grant

Award from Bloomberg Philanthropies will support creation of Housing Innovation Lab

BOSTON -- Today Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced that Boston is one of 12 U.S. cities selected to participate in the $45 million expansion of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Innovation Teams program. The $1.35 million grant, to be awarded over three years, will initially be used to support the creation of Boston’s first Housing Innovation Lab.  The Lab will research and implement new ways for the city to partner with the innovation sector to help create the 53,000 units of housing called for in the Walsh administration's “Boston2030” housing plan.  

“We must do everything possible to ensure that everyone who wants to help make Boston a better place can afford to live here,” Mayor Walsh said.  “I want to thank Bloomberg Philanthropies for this grant, which will help us pursue bold strategies to keep families and individuals here in our city.  Potential partners surround us, from local architects to world-leading colleges and universities.  The Housing Innovation Lab will help us strengthen these partnerships and create new ones to help us solve Boston’s housing challenges.”

Innovation teams (i-teams) function as in-house innovation consultants, helping agency leaders and staff through a data-driven process to assess problems, generate responsive new interventions, develop partnerships, and deliver measurable results.  Boston's i-team will operate out of the Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics and the Department of Neighborhood Development, and will initially focus on establishing a consortium of government, academic, and private-sector partners with a mission of rapidly turning the region's best ideas into new homes for Bostonians.  

In keeping with the successful approach of past i-teams, the team will tackle at least one other mayoral priority during the course of the three year grant. 

Boston was one of 14 cities selected worldwide to receive this support from Bloomberg Philanthropies. Innovation team grants will also go to the U.S. cities of: Albuquerque, NM; Centennial, CO; Jersey City, NJ; Long Beach, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Mobile, AL; Minneapolis, MN; Peoria, IL; Rochester, NY; Seattle, WA; and Syracuse, NY. Bloomberg Philanthropies also announced that two non-U.S. cities will receive innovation team grants: Jerusalem and Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.  In addition to the grants, cities receive robust implementation support and opportunities to exchange lessons learned and best practices with peers in other cities. Newly formed i-teams will be deployed in each city no later than spring 2015.

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