Multi-City Challenge Demo Day!

On December 11, 2020, ten teams made up of citizens and public servants from the municipalities of Hermosillo, Reynosa, San Pedro Garza García, San Nicolás de las  Garzas and Torreón presented ten co-created proposals that aim to solve key problems in their cities.

The presentation was part of the Multi-City Challenge Mexico (MCC), an initiative led by The Governance Lab at New York University Tandon School of Engineering in collaboration with five municipalities in Northern Mexico to co-create innovative public policies with the community. The MCC supports the municipalities of Hermosillo, Reynosa, San Pedro, San Nicolás and Torreón in taking advantage of the unique knowledge possessed by citizens to design and implement public policies and programs that benefit citizens and solve urban challenges. 

The teams presented to the Advisory Council the results of five weeks of training workshop and individualized mentoring for the development of prototypes. The objective: to test the winning ideas for the subsequent development of pilots that validate and scale them into viable solutions.

The MCC model included training for public servants to assist them in articulating the ten challenges on which the open challenge was based. A total of 237 citizen proposals were received. The proposals with the highest number of votes were evaluated by a panel of experts. The ten winning proposals, two per municipality, are those that participated in the 5-week training that culminated with Demo Day. The implementation of the pilot projects in the municipalities will be carried out in the first semester of 2021.

Below is a breakdown of the presentations by municipality and project:

Hermosillo

Itinerant Market -The objective of the project is to promote the local economy of Hermosillo by creating a mobile market that provides small businesses a place to offer their products, while products are diversified as the market changes location. The project is being executed by the municipal team and citizens Ximena Romo Soto, Manuel Bustamante and Jennie Cancino.

Tactical urbanism and eco-bike stations in the districts of Hermosillo- The objective of the project is to revitalize the city through tactical urbanism, introducing ramps for the disabled, safe pedestrian crossings, and bicycle lanes. The project is being executed by the municipal team and citizens Omar Garza Ortega, Marianna Longoria and Luisa María Verdugo Rodríguez.

Reynosa

Geographic Address System- The objective of the project is to update the name of the streets in Reynosa using Google Maps and to launch the municipality’s geographic information system in order to update the names of the streets, facilitate legal processes (there has been land registry problems due to confusing street names) and promote economic reactivation. The project is being executed by the municipal team and citizen Marcos Olivares.

Local economic strengthening campaign - The objective of the project is to promote economic reactivation post-COVID-19 by creating an online tech platform that  provides information on all the small businesses in the city and fosters the creation and strengthening of consumption networks between producers, local businesses, and consumers. The project is being executed by the municipal team and  citizens Omar Guzman Salas, Advento Garza Sosa, Roberto Cruz Hernandez and Armando Ortiz.

San Nicolás

Integration of the elderly population in the arts and culture - The objective of the project is to design livable cities that allow a “healthy aging” by  improving the quality of life of the elderly through the arts and to promote the physical, mental and social health of the elderly. The project is being executed by the municipal team and citizens Andrea Gonzalez Villarealand Brenda Perez. 

Green Infrastructure- The objective of the project is to reduce the carbon footprint and levels of pollutants in the municipality of San Nicolás de los Garza and to improve the quality of life of all citizens through the installation of green infrastructure (green walls, trees, planters) that have native plants species in pedestrian areas. The project is being executed by the municipal team and citizens Juan Sandoval, Ana Laura Espinosa, Sanchez and Gabriela Alvarez Nelly.

San Pedro

SuperRecollection that the SuperCity deserves- The objective of the project is to create awareness and promote recycling and good waste management practices in the municipality of San Pedro. The project is being executed by the municipal team and citizens Carlos Fernando Recordon, Eugenio Alejandro Lagunes Teja, Patricio Oseguera Gonzalez, Marcelo Ramos Muñoz, Aimé Gorena Emily Garcia and Fernando Hernandez Tovar.

ReciclAPP-The digitalization, collection and responsible disposal of waste - The objective of the project is to contribute to waste collection through a mobile application. The project is being executed by citizens Gerardo Jimenez P F Hector Soto Valente Carrillo, Juan Eduardo Arredondo Rodríguez, Amín Ramirez Romero, Rodrigo Diaz Chavez, Rogelio Najera Martinez, Diego Rivera Kempke and Carolina Rodriguez Sanchez.

Torreón

Sanitary and Responsible Establishments- The objective of the project is to facilitate compliance with public health protocols and promote the economic reactivation of the city by granting a citizen certification to establishments/businesses that comply with the public health regulations corresponding to their municipality. The project  is being executed by the municipal team and citizens Talia Romero, Aldo Valdés and Arturo Aranda.

Live your sidewalk- The objective of the project is to create parklets or public spaces that function as areas of coexistence and thus provide an attractive space for safe transit and recreation and one that expands green spaces and contributes to a different vision of the use of public space.  The project is being executed by the municipal team and citizens Jesus Enrique Torres, Rosa Velia Gutiérrez Barrón and Francisco Javier Díaz Martínez.