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MONUM + City of Boston at Terrible Labs
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New Urban Mechanics
March 12, 2014
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MONUM + City of Boston at Terrible Labs
New Urban Mechanics
March 12, 2014
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! ! SOURCE PROJECTS SUPPORT & STUDY EXPERIMENTS SCALE &
SHARE The “Human API”
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“We will completely revamp our online permitting system... tapping Boston’s
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simple, beautiful, and easy to use
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use$it?$ – Crowd$funding$local$business?$ • MarkeDng$ – AEracDng$small$business$to$Boston$ – GeHng$Bostonians$to$shop$in$local$Main$ Street$districts$ • Other$ideas?$
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Fellowships*
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