This year’s program seeks to support the expansion of community compost in Boston
BOSTON - Wednesday, May 5, 2021 - Today, Mayor Janey announced the launch of the 2021 Public Space Invitational, a civic design competition that seeks ideas to reimagine our public spaces in Boston. In partnership with the City of Boston’s Public Works Department, Environment’s Zero Waste team, TD Bank, and The Trustees, the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics is seeking proposals for customized compost bins to support the ongoing expansion of community compost in Boston. Six project proposals will be selected, and winning teams will have up to $5,000 for the implementation of their ideas. Applications are available at space.newurbanmechanics.org and will be accepted through June 1st, 2021.
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By State House News Service
February 24, 2021
Chris Osgood
As Mayor Walsh prepares to leave City Hall for the labor secretary’s post in the Biden administration, Boston City Council President Kim Janey has turned to City Hall veteran Chris Osgood to help lead her team when she becomes acting mayor.
In anticipation of that move, Janey on Friday named Osgood, who previously served as Walsh’s chief of the streets, transportation and sanitation, as her chief of staff.
A graduate of City Year, Haverford College, and the Harvard Business School, Osgood joined the Menino administration in 2006 where he co-founded the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics in 2010 and served as a policy advisor.
By State House News Service
February 22, 2021
Chris Osgood
As Boston Mayor Marty Walsh prepares to leave City Hall for the labor secretary s post in the Biden administration, Boston City Council President Kim Janey is turning to City Hall veteran Chris Osgoog to help lead her team when she becomes acting mayor.
In anticipation of becoming mayor, Janey on Friday named Osgood, who previously served as Walsh s chief of the streets, transportation and sanitation, as her chief of staff. A graduate of City Year, Haverford College and the Harvard Business School, Osgood co-founded the Mayor s Office of New Urban Mechanics and joined the city in 2006, serving as a mayoral policy advisor.
‘Data Stories’ Track COVID Impact, Inform Policy in Boston
Researchers collected survey and online data to tell the story of how the pandemic affected Boston’s diverse communities and how urban policymakers can use that information to navigate the path forward.
MetroLab Network has partnered with Government Technology to bring its readers a segment called the MetroLab Innovation of the Month Series, which highlights impactful tech, data and innovation projects underway between cities and universities. If you’d like to learn more or contact the project leads, please contact MetroLab at info@metrolabnetwork.org for more information.
In this month’s installment of the Innovation of the Month series, we focus on a combination of efforts happening in Boston to combine existing data about quality of life at the neighborhood level with surveys about residents’ behavior during the pandemic. This data was then distilled into digestible stories that help the researchers bett