Making no little plans is all well and good, but sometimes it is the smallest ideas that can have the biggest impacts for cities and neighborhoods.
In previewing the events of the Urban Innovation Exchange (September 24-26 in Detroit), Claire Nelson and John Notarianni share 13 small ideas from "passionate people working on the ground, doing the creative heavy lifting to make their neighborhoods and cities better."
The 13 choices are taken from a much larger roster of conference attendees and presenters, but they include the following (and click through the story to see the rest):
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