Technology

A radical new approach to city purchasing finds the city asking vendors for problem-solving ideas—instead of calling for bids

Plus: Using garbage for jet fuel and teaching aquaponics to inmates

Plus: an Uber for blood donations and the best place to put a bus stop

Plus: Personal climate control (very personal) and cops teaming up with social workers to help children of violence

Maker spaces like Hive76 are reinventing manufacturing and reshaping cities

When’s the last time you encountered the city bureaucracy and said to yourself, “Wow, what great customer service?"

Emily’s Entourage founder is racing against time to cure her own rare disease

Landscape architect Lois Brink turned Denver school yards into community parks. Can she do the same in Philly?

An innovative music incubator helps local musicians succeed—and stay in Philly

The Citizen’s 2015 Socially-Conscious Gift Guide