Pat Inman's blog

The City of Omaha Public Works Graffiti Abatement program will host the Zero Graffiti International Road Show in late May.

The Chicago Tribune (6 March 2016) has published a guide to help the public navigate Chicago's numerous cultural attractions; this provides a great model for other learning cities.

See the link below:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/chi-museum-101-visitor-guides-storygallery.html

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) is an association of more than 230 public research university systems in Canada, Mexico, and the United States.  Find a statement of their committment to learning from each other in cross-border exchanges below:

Several conference attendees have requested symposium sessions in which special interest groups can present their work. If groups are interested in such a session please note this intent when submitting your abstract. It will be possible for you to propose between 3 and 5 separate papers during a period of 1.5 hours in parallel session. This provides an opportunity to showcase the work of your organization as well as organize future work with potential members.

Communities organize around many things but the most natural focus for collaboration is food.  Food is not only life sustaining but provides seeds for local economic development.  A community-based food-systems approach has the potential to simultaneously address issues of food security, public health, social justice, and ecological health in local communities and regions, as well as economic vitality of agriculture and rural communities.