The subject of the distribution of stimulus monies has been generating a fair amount of interest. Indeed, the Globe published this piece and the Halifax Chronicle-Herald published this piece analyzing the spending. But something more interesting is also happening… Yesterday, my friend Ducky Sherwood and her husband Jim published their own analysis, an important development [...]
Entries tagged as “stimulus”
The Stimulus Map: Open Data and enhancing our democracy
Chicago’s green roofs and our failed stimulus
I was completely floored (and excited) to read this article about how the Sears Tower in Chicago (recently renamed the Willis Tower) is to undergo a $350M green retrofit that will give it a green roof and it’s own wind turbines. This will reduce the energy consumed by the tower by 80% and its water [...]
Feeding the next economy – Give us a stimulus that stimulates, not placates
Last December – as the debates over the stimulus packages were just beginning, I wrote a piece on why the wrong stimulus today could fail us tomorrow. Well, today has become tomorrow, and we are failing. A stimulus package should be an investment. It should create new industries and markets, it should find help create [...]
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