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November 8, 2010

GOOD Magazine talks up http://www.giveaminute.info: http://www.good.is/post/good-design-daily-give-a-minute-lets-you-talk-back-to-your-city/

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November 5, 2010

Catch Jake in Hartford, CT on Monday 11/15

Jake lectures at the Hartford Art School about current work at Local Projects. Monday November 15 at 2:30pm.

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GOOD Magazine, November 2010

Give a Minute is a new application designed by Local Projects that’s like a 311 (or basic civic services hotline) and a virtual billboard for citizen ideas: It allows people to register direct feedback to their local government, and places them in a public forum.

Launch giveaminute.info here

Check out the GOOD magazine article here

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November 4, 2010

Give a Minute asks: Hey Chicago, what would encourage you to walk, bike or take CTA more often? Text: 312-380-0436 or http://www.giveaminute.info

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Watch Local Projects’ promo video for Give a Minute: http://vimeo.com/16485755

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Give Minute is live! http://www.giveaminute.info/ Designed/created by Local Projects for CEOs for Cities.

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October 27, 2010

Our Make History project for the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum was featured recently in Fast Company, check it out! http://bit.ly/9iYoFx

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October 21, 2010

Fast Company, October 2010

Using crowdsourced photos and stories, and tech from Google Maps, the Make History project offers “a collective telling of the events of 9/11 through the eyes of those who experienced it,” both near the Towers and around the world. It’s available online now, and will later appear in the 9/11 Memorial Museum, scheduled to open next fall on the 10-year anniversary of the attacks.

Read full article

Learn more about the project here

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October 14, 2010

Catch Jake at AIGA’s Gain Conference!

Jake is giving a talk at AIGA’s Gain Conference in New York City about the process of designing the New York Official Information Center with Willy Wong of NYC&Co.

Check it out!

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October 5, 2010

GOOD Mag Talks Up Our Stone Barns Film!

Not only has First Lady Obama requested 10 more copies of the film we made for Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, GOOD Mag is talking it up now too! Check out the GOOD love here.

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