Dive Brief:
Three regional smart cities cooperatives in Arizona and Texas will form a multi-state cooperative effort to advance funding models and policies to promote new technology and development.
The groups forming the new consortium are: the North Texas Innovation Alliance (NTXIA), a group of nearly 30 municipalities, agencies, corporations and schools across North Texas; The Connective, a public-private research and implementation partnership based in the Phoenix area; and the Southern Arizona Smart Region, a collective run by the Regional Partnering Center with nearly 30 public, private and academic members. Just as a region as large and diverse as North Texas can benefit tremendously by connecting dots and learning from each other, it s a natural continuation for regions across the country (and globally) to partner to accelerate progress that serves our residents, businesses and visitors and prepares us for the future, Jen Sanders, co-founder and executive director of NT
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Local First Arizonaâs sustainability programs can lend a hand in helping businesses save energy and improve the bottom line.Â
Our Southern Arizona Green Business Leaders program has recently helped more than a dozen local businesses achieve savings. Here are a just a few examples:
⢠Tucson Clean and Beautiful upgraded to a new location and became more resilient by updating their sustainability policies, and created a plan to install passive rainwater infrastructure.Â
⢠Literacy Connects signed up for a water audit, which resulted in hundreds of dollars in savings annually and improved their resiliency planning in order to continue serving frontline communities.Â
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