In blog post #2 ( due by Thursday, September 25th, at 8pm for this specific post), you will dive further into the life of the city through various recommendations by examining recent board meeting minutes from the Portland City Council. This group is the lifeblood of public policy in Portland, Maine. They make the decisions that affect our research issues of housing, infrastructure, and public space, among others. These elected officials meet at least once a month for many, many hours to determine the best, next steps for the city.
Given your insights from your 1) first field trip and 2) Greenfield’s ideas about the smart city, and by looking over 3) any one of the agenda documents from http://portlandmaine.gov/AgendaCenter/City-Council-5, make a list of 5 smart city suggestions that relate to your research group and would be of help to Portland, Maine. Then, in two to three paragraphs and using these documents, reflect on which you think may be the most exciting suggestions among them. Be serious and dig in. Convince me and your other readers that this is the way to go by using evidence from the readings to collaborate your idea(s).
As for your solutions being “smart,” these ideas can take the form of apps, software, hardware, data, algorithms, groups, etc. Here’s thelist of ideas you came up with so that you can build from there if you would like.
As a reminder, make sure to properly reference and cite each of these documents. Points will be lost for lacking proper citation. Also be sure to properly categorize this post not only as BP#2 but also within your research group. Recommendations ahoy!
Comment 1 on Blog Post #2 – due Oct. 15th at 9am (returning to day before deadline)
Given your close examination of issues of public space, housing. and infrastructure in Blog Posts #3-5, return to all of your research group members’ Blog Post #2 posts on their smart city ideas for Portland. In one solid paragraph (or two max) per post, comment on your group members’ ideas. What idea stands out to you as the most exciting and why? How do their ideas change their own? Draw from your ideas in your other blog posts to support your ideas when appropriate.