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GRIP Urban Exchange 3: Don Ness and Karen Freeman-Wilson
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  • Mar 20, 2012
Ryerson Woods with Nan Buckardt
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  • Jan 11, 2012
Improving Health Through Planning
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  • Dec 8, 2011
Better Commutes, Less Congestion (Commute Options Roundtable)
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  • Dec 2, 2011
With an uncertain economy, fluctuating gas prices, and expense of maintaining a productive workforce, there is no better time for employers to play a role in improving employee satisfaction, reducing the cost of congestion, and creating more livable communities… all the while, boosting their own…
GRIP Urban Exchange 2
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  • Dec 2, 2011
The second event in the GRIP Urban Exchange series featured keynote speaker Audrey Russo, president and CEO of the Pittsburgh Technology Council. The panel discussion was moderated by Don Babcock, director of economic development for NIPSCO; and featured Linda Woloshansky, president and CEO of…
2012 Plan for Prosperity
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  • Dec 2, 2011
All Systems Go: Engineering Sustainable Utility Solutions
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  • Nov 17, 2011
When we crank up heaters, fire up ovens, and turn on taps, we don’t normally consider how the resources powering our lives are delivered to our homes, businesses and institutions – until, of course, something stops working. That’s when we realize what utility providers already know: Assessing,…
Innovative Financing for Transportation
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  • Oct 10, 2011
Fifty-five years after President Eisenhower signed the first federal transportation bill into law, our nation is investing two percent of gross domestic product (GDP) on infrastructure, far less than the five percent of GDP Europe spends or China’s nine percent. Even worse, what we do spend is…
Reforming Tax Increment Financing
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  • Sep 19, 2011
Emerging Contaminants, Emerging Solutions
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  • Sep 16, 2011
Unregulated chemicals in our wastewater are finding their way into our water supply. Our ability to detect and understand the effects of those contaminants is evolving faster than our ability to remove them from our water. We know contaminants such as pharmaceuticals, plastics and pesticides can…

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