Voters back $44M bond to modernize New Jersey city schools

Voters in Somerville, New Jersey, are in favor of both questions for a school bond referendum that will upgrade, renovate and modernize district facilities. Somerville Public Schools announced that the infrastructure and facility-oriented bond has passed the threshold for approval, according to preliminary results. Following this approval, the issuance of new school bond will deliver […]

Montana State University reaches $46M funding goal for new college facility 

Montana State University (MSU) has secured the necessary funding for a $46 million facility for Gallatin College MSU.  A $4.8 million donation from the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation helped the university reach its private fundraising goal of $22.5 million. The recent donation will supplement funds already allocated for the project by the state.  The […]

Santa Barbara proposes $2B five-year Capital Improvement Plan

The city of Santa Barbara, California, has updated its five-year Capital Improvement Plan, identifying and detailing major short and long-term projects in the city’s future. The plan is estimated to cost more than $2 billion for a combined 296 projects. The projects include repairs, maintenance, rehabilitation, improvements and replacements of the area’s critical facilities, roads, […]

Connecticut board approves over $77M in grants for capital improvement projects

Connecticut is considering awarding grants for dozens of capital improvement projects across the state, including $10 million to advance a mall redevelopment in the town of Enfield. The state’s Community Investment Fund (CIF) 2030 Board is approving 35 grants in the sixth round of awards, which will deliver over $77 million in state funding to […]

Smart city investments to reach $3.7T as cities prepare for autonomous vehicles

According to market forecasts, smart city infrastructure investments are growing steadily and will reach $3.7 trillion by 2030. INFRA, a leading provider of infrastructure solutions for autonomous vehicles, and Verra Mobility Corporation, a leading provider of smart mobility technology solutions, see opportunity for investment as more and more cities adopt autonomous mobility. Verra Mobility released […]

Cleveland State University seeks developers for arena site transformation

Cleveland State University has issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) seeking firms interested in redeveloping the site of its 34-year-old basketball arena, which is on the university’s campus in downtown Cleveland. The RFQ, which is due by 2 p.m. on May 2, asks developers whether they would plan to reuse the existing Wolstein Center structure […]

NASA awards $20M for university-led aviation research 

NASA’s latest round of University Leadership Initiative (ULI) awards will put three university teams to work addressing key aviation challenges.  The selected teams are:  Florida Institute of Technology: Developing frameworks for autonomous aviation safety systems using AI and machine learning.  University of Colorado Boulder: Investigating tools for managing communications in collaborative, autonomous airspace systems.  Embry-Riddle […]