Gov News

Sunnyvale, CA has applied to be the city in which Google will build a new ultra-fast Internet service. According to Google, the fiber-optic system will operate at 1 gigabit per second, about 100 times faster than what most Americans have access to.

Blacksburg, VA has received the APVA Preservation Virginia Community Preservation Award for the Blacksburg Motor Company Rehabilitation Project. This project combined the renovation of the historic Blacksburg Motor Company with energy efficient and sustainable design.

Longivew, TX implements upgrades to their public bus transportation system, including electronic fareboxes, new passes, and the extension of a route.

Phoenix, AZ City Council voted to award the city’s largest ever solar project to Tessera Solar. The utility-scale solar plant will be constructed at the city’s only active landfill.

Just released results of the Durham, NC recent citizen satisfaction survey show that overall satisfaction with the City has generally improved since the 2007 survey, with more than 78 percent of residents surveyed rating the City as an “excellent” or “good” place to live and 75 percent rating the City as an “excellent” or “good” place to work.

Fourth graders at Challenger Elementary School in Tamarac, FL will be receiving 155 trees to take home and plant as part of Florida's Arbor Day celebration.

The first of its kind in Arizona, the Downtown Tempe Urban Garden, will provide local, fresh produce to the community. More than 70 volunteers have donated their time and effort for the garden.

The City of Murfreesboro announces that it is taking steps to reclaim approximately 29 acres of the Old City Landfill for public recreational use. The reclamation process will involve installation of an active vacuum landfill gas collection system.

The City of Corpus Christi, TX Environmental Services Office will hold the first public meeting for their Brownfield Program. The first public meeting will help introduce the Brownfields Program to residents and other stakeholders and to explain the benefits of the effort.

Fort Collins City Council recently gave the go-ahead to distribute funds to area housing agencies for a variety of projects. Those efforts include everything from acquiring land for affordable housing to a program for homeless persons challenged by mental illness.

Southern Hospitality Workcamp plans to bring up to 400 teenagers and their adult leaders to Hickory, Newton, Conover, Claremont and Catawba County, NC to improve the homes of local residents.

San Antonio, TX announced participation in what's being called the largest World's Fair in history--the 2010 World Exposition in Shanghai, China. San Antonio's exhibit will feature its targeted industries, tourism and quality of life.

The Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy has released a study of the financial transparency of the websites of Virginia’s 134 localities, and six out of the top ten best local government websites for transparency are Alliance for Innovation members. Arlington County, Fairfax County, Prince William County, Henrico County, the City of Hampton, and the City of Williamsburg were ranked in the top ten for financial transparency on their website.

Gainesville, FL Office of Equal Opportunity, along with the Dismantling Racism Change Team, is sponsoring the community initiative Dismantling Racism: A Community Initiative on Race & Race Relations, a five-year effort that addresses race and racism, including institutional racism in the City of Gainesville.

The Alliance for Innovation Offices are closed in observation of Presidents' Day. Offices will reopen on Tuesday, February 16, 2010.

The City of Clive, IA, in collaboration with Urbandale and Windsor Heights, is proud to announce the completion of a state of the art multi-story fire and emergency response training facility. This facility will allow our firefighter’s to learn, improve, and maintain their firefighting skills under live fire conditions.

The City of Boulder, CO implemented a voluntary “10 for Change” Program which challenged local businesses to reduce carbon emissions and to save energy by as much as 10%.

Customers now have easier access to Phoenix Public Library's online services while on the go. Using mobile devices such as cell phones and PDAs, customers can interact with the library anytime, anywhere at http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/mobile.

Arlington County, VA and Dublin, OH are the only two US communities named by The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) as one of the 2010 Top Seven Communities of the Year.

Arvada, CO has created a new iPhone App that allows citizens to report issues when they see them. If an iPhone user sees problems like graffiti or potholes, they can instantly report them to the city.