10 Cool City Solutions Ready to Answer Mayors’ Questions

Several vendors offering city solutions were on hand at the U.S. Conference of Mayors 86th Annual Meeting in Boston held June 8-11, 2018.

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From discussions to presentations and announcements, the U.S. Conference of Mayors annual meeting is an inspiring working event for the nation’s mayors. Vendors offering innovative city solutions stood by all the sessions, panels and events ready to answer any questions asked by the more than 300 mayors and staff in attendance in Boston from June 8-11, 2018. See some of the cool city solutions in our short video:

The following city solutions were featured:

ShotSpotter provides scalable gunfire detection and location alert and analysis technology.

AT&T Smart Cities provides digital infrastructure, operations, smart irrigation, structure monitoring and other services.

ZenCity is a platform for understanding people in the city on a wide scale.

Airbnb is a peer-to-peer tool that can generate revenue through sales, tourist, hotel and occupancy taxes.

Wells Fargo Home Mortgage provides loans to home buyers nationwide.

Ofo provides station-free bike sharing opportunities for cities with no start-up costs.

DogSpot is a smart, temporary sidewalk shelter for dogs for when citizens need to go somewhere dogs aren’t allowed.

Cgi Communications creates hand drawn “personality maps” for small to medium-sized cities.

DollarWise works with cities to set up and fund financial literacy campaigns.

Philips provides cities with LED and connected lighting.