The town of Holyoke, Massachusetts has hired Cisco to create a technology-led urban revitalization plan.
One of America's original planned industrial communities, Holyoke, Massachusetts is struggling to make ends meet today. Nearly a quarter of Holyoke's residents live below the poverty line, and over 12 percent are unemployed.
That's why the city has hired technology giant Cisco Systems to "transform the onetime mill town into a 'Smart+Connected Community' over the next six-to-twelve months.
From Cisco's point of view, the question is 'how are we going to fundamentally create sustainability in an existing neighborhood, and what role is technology going to play?'
Thanks to Deepa Mehta
Read the full story: Cisco Plans to Make a Massachusetts City Smarter, Rather Than Build One From Scratch
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