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February 21, 2011

CBS News, February 2011

“The solutions to urban problems are not just the city government handing down ideas from on high. It’s about collaborative citizenship,” says Jake Barton, founder of Local Projects, which is partnering with New York City to gather citizen input on environmental improvements. The Give a Minute program has already undergone trial runs in Memphis and Chicago, where it asked residents to answer questions about how to increase public transit usage and about developing their professional skills.

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