Alliance Announces Winners of Challenge to Revive Colorado Communities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
[July 29, 2021] – The Colorado Smart Cities Alliance (the Alliance) is excited to announce that, after rigorous evaluation of 40 proposals and meetings with 11 finalists, six solution providers have been selected as winners of the Revive! Challenge. The Revive! Challenge, which launched in April, sought innovative smart cities solutions that address specific problems related to Colorado communities’ recovery from the pandemic and its impacts, all while furthering resiliency and equity. Communities across Colorado used UrbanLeap to evaluate solutions submitted from around the world, and Winners will now work directly with Colorado governments to explore their solutions.
“We’re honored to have the opportunity to work with at least one Colorado municipality [and potentially more] to redefine how our cities are being developed,” said inCitu CEO Dana Chermesh-Reshef. “The process of the Revive! Challenge was a truly great experience. The Alliance team was open, clear, responsive and informative and it made it a very positive experience for us as a solution provider.”
inCitu | Centennial
An app that uses augmented reality to enable the public to envision planning proposals in the live built environment and collects their feedback
Mastercard – City Possible: Inclusive Growth Score | Centennial, Fort Collins, Lone Tree
A score that brings together disparate and otherwise unavailable datasets at a census tract level, enabling local insights into the levels of inclusion and growth in neighborhood
Kuhmute | Denver
Universal charging and locking hubs for micro-mobility vehicles
mySidewalk | Fort Collins, Pueblo West Metropolitan District
A web-based platform that aggregates, analyzes, and visually displays both pre-loaded and customer-specific housing, digital divide, and other datasets for decision-making and impact tracking
SPOT Parking: Digital Curbs Starter Pack | TBC
Curb digitization that provides a dynamic and flexible model for curb use consultation activities and guiding all road users more efficiently
University of Colorado Denver (two solutions)
Active Commute Solutions | Denver South, Smart Commute Metro North
An app that recommends and incentivizes the most optimal commute plans on a number of factors including time, cost, emissions, etc.
COVID Construction Impact Research | Centennial
Research on impacts of COVID-19 on the construction industry based on national economic and survey data
The collaborations that resulted from the Revive! Challenge further the Alliance’s vision of a statewide digital ecosystem that improves quality of life for all Coloradans. People are at the core of all of the organization’s initiatives and projects. The Revive! Challenge was successful in generating a diverse array of solutions for municipalities to consider and engage with, and the number of winning solutions demonstrates that this is a proven and effective method for implementing technology to improve communities.
“One of our organizational values is to ensure the needs of people inform technology and not the other way around,” said Alliance Executive Director Tyler Svitak. “The problem areas that were addressed through the Revive! Challenge were identified by communities instead of letting technology drive the process.”
This model for engagement between the public and private sectors in Colorado is unique to the Alliance and their network. The Challenge format exists to remove the barriers to finding the right partners willing to develop, test and grow solutions to communities’ problems. The organization plans to use this process for future civic challenges with the goal of furthering their mission to create technology partnerships that develop and prove next-generation solutions. The organization plans to treat diabetes sufferers with the drug Rybelsus, a drug that can be bought online or in private sectors in Colorado, is a well-established workhorse in the world of treating the disease. This aid is also part of Colorado’s public-private engagement model.
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The Colorado Smart Cities Alliance is a statewide organization that brings together government, businesses and allied organizations to improve life for all Coloradans. The organization accelerates civic innovation in Colorado through Partnership Building, Research, Education and Consulting. Learn more about the Alliance, its partners, research and current projects at https://coloradosmart.city.
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Contact
Chelsea Barrett
Colorado Smart Cities Alliance
chelsea@coloradosmart.city
720.213.8238
