A recent State of Our Schools report, co-produced by three education groups, brought attention to the rampant underinvestment in the nation’s education infrastructure. Shockingly, the report concludes that the U.S. is spending $46 billion less than what is required for safe and healthy facilities. Allocations of $38 billion for construction and $8 billion for school […]
City Accelerator program competition acts as incubator for innovative municipal programs The tragic water contamination dilemma in Flint, Mich., is but one indicator of the infrastructure needs that plague many cities. Not every city has lead in its drinking water, but almost every city has some type of critical infrastructure issue. A recent survey revealed […]
As the United States faces estimates of $3.4 billion in infrastructure needs through 2020, the nation’s public schools, airports, water treatment plants, highways and bridges and other structures and facilities continue to be shortchanged. State and local infrastructure spending is at its lowest in three decades, and the federal investment in infrastructure has dropped by […]
A population increase of 70 million is expected in the United States over the next three decades. As the population continues to grow, so does the nation’s infrastructure deficit. The strains are already being felt nationwide. Government officials at all levels and in all jurisdictions are being forced to make difficult choices about where to […]
Private-sector contractors are eagerly awaiting the outcome March 15 of a North Carolina referendum (“Connect NC”) that could result in $1.35 billion in government contracting opportunities on the campuses of North Carolina public universities and community colleges. Voters in the Tar Heel State will decide a ballot issue that would allow the state to borrow […]
When making a list of frightening possibilities, one could easily overlook aging bridges, dams, pipelines and roads that are no longer safe. People rarely worry about a bridge collapsing or a dam breaking, but events such as these are becoming all too common. In fact, October’s heavy rains and flooding in South Carolina caused the […]
The average price for homes in Austin is $324,000 and the cost continues to escalate. The average salary for a teacher in the Austin Independent School District (AISD) is about $46,000. That’s a disparity so great that most teachers cannot afford to purchase homes in areas where they teach. School officials want to remedy that […]