Catherine Crago
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| Name | Catherine Crago |
| Company | HACA |
| Company Position | Head of Strategic Initiatives |
| City, State | Austin TX |
| Country | United States |
| Sectors | Wellbeing |
Activities
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Smart Work Learn Play - Participatory Smart City Innovation and Digital Inclusion in Public and Subsidized Housing | |
| Smart Work Learn Play, initiated by the Housing Authority of the City of Austin (HACA), with support from Next Century Cities, the Transit Empowerment Fund and the City of Austin’s Digital Inclusion and Transportation departments, aims to ensure that the design, deployment and use of smart cities technologies are inclusive and equitable. The program hires HACA-resident Smart City Ambassadors to work local government and corporate partners to: 1) teach HACA residents how to use digitally-enabled education, workforce and transportation tools; 2) advocate for and manage meaningful partnerships with private smart city technology providers; 3) engage in democratic processes, online and face-to-face with local and other government officials; 4) participate in design of smart city systems and tools with a wide array of actors.
This project has successfully conducted a small pilot phase with non-profit and corp partners. In this stage, we will build on that pilot to encompass a broad array of smart city issues, technologies, tools and diverse low income populations. | ||