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Why mayors are looking for ideas outside the city limits

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When our dear colleague and cofounder of the Initiative on Cities program at Boston University, former Boston Mayor Tom Menino, passed away one year ago, letters poured in to our offices at Boston University.

The intimate condolences from Boston’s many neighborhoods – Hyde Park, Roslindale,...

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