smart city
The numbers behind America's water infrastructure challenge are sobering. U.S. drinking water infrastructure received a C-grade from the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2025, with 6 billion gallons of treated water lost daily to leaks across a pipe network where many cast-iron mains are
smart city
The phrase "smart city" has been circulating in local government circles for over a decade. For much of that time it described an aspiration more than a reality — a future state where sensors, data, and connectivity would transform how cities operated, presented mostly through conference keynotes and federal
data tools
There is no single best data tool for urban planners. That statement will frustrate anyone looking for a simple answer — but it reflects the reality of how data work actually happens in local government. A city analyst building a billing performance dashboard reaches for PowerBI. A database administrator pulling records
smart city
The term "smart city" gets used constantly in urban planning circles, government technology conferences, and federal grant applications. But for the local government professional sitting inside a city department trying to make practical decisions about technology investments, the definition often feels abstract and disconnected from day to day