The term “smart city” may have you imagining The Jetsons’ flying cars and Skypad apartments, but Director of Innovation and Technology at the City of Sioux Falls, Mike Grigsby, joins the show to talk about why technology isn’t part of his definition of a smart city. He explains why cities need someone internally to champion innovation, why data is a major pillar of a connected community, and how smart city technologies impact everyone, either directly or indirectly.

In this episode, you will learn:

• How smart cities understand, promote, and foster resident engagement


• The natural spectrum of balancing privacy with public service


• The education and awareness component of involving the community


• What smart cities will look like within the next decade and where technology will be integrated


• The importance of tech literacy in bridging the Digital Divide

This episode is brought to you by The Jed Mahonis Group, where we make sense of mobile app development with our non-technical approach to building custom mobile software solutions. Learn more at https://jmg.mn.

Recorded August 27, 2021 | Edited by Jordan Daoust | Produced by Jenny Karkowski

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City of Sioux Falls Innovation and Technology Department | https://www.siouxfalls.org/innov-tech

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