JACKSONVILLE – Curitiba, Brazil is known as Capital do Natal, or the Christmas Capital, for good reason – the metropolis celebrates the season with parades, festivals and fairs of music and light from the end of November through the start of the New Year. The highlight of Encantada do Natal is the Children’s Choir of HSBC’s [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE — Curitiba, Brazil (a Jacksonville Sister City ! ) has a model, if not Utopian, Bus Rapid Transit [BRT] system. The city is a case study for the Federal Transit Administration’s Research, Technical Assistance and Training division. Curitiba was also featured at EMBARQ - The World Resources Institute Center for Sustainable Transport’s series of panel discussions profiling innovative global [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Growth Acceleration Program of Brazil announced a budget of $532.6 billion (R$958.8 billion) for the second phase of its 2011-2014 infrastructure investment plan. Government funds will reach sectors including port modernization, housing, transportation, energy and sanitation upgrades. Joshua Rodriggs, president of the Brazil Florida Alliance (BFA), said the investment plan represents “abundant” opportunities [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The year began for Beto Richa at Palácio Iguaçu as he was sworn into office as Governor of the state of Paraná. The Palácio Iguaçu (Devil’s Palace) is the seat of government located in the capitol city of Curitiba, where Richa was most recently its mayor. Saturday, January 1, 2011 Beto Richa [...] [...more]
Just the other day, again on twitter, a tweet from ForbesOpinions (Forbes.com) with an article link caught my eye: World’s Smartest Cities: … today’s “smart” cities tend to be smaller, compact and more efficient: places like Amsterdam; Seattle; Singapore; Curitiba, Brazil; and Monterrey, Mexico. This is not an entirely new notion: Between the 14th and [...] [...more]
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