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An idea for Toronto wins Future City Builders Urban Action Pitch Night
Young change-makers need resources to put their ideas into action. This is where the Future City Builders program comes in: we connect young p…
February 11, 2021
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March 9, 2021
Future City Builders: Urban Action Pitch Night in Toronto
By Evergreen
Watch the virtual Pitch Night session for the GTA cohort on January 20, 2021
The first cohort of Future City Builders in 2020-2021 recruited 34 youth in Toronto & the GTHA to ideate and design their Healthy City solution. Divided into six teams, the young city builders from the GTHA went head-to-head pitching their solution to a panel of judges in a virtual Urban Action Pitch Night for the chance to win $5,000 in seed funding.
Presenting the team concepts:
Team 1: Park-tivism
Team 2: TenantaCity
Team 3: A Box For You
Team 4: Public TransActions
Team 5: NeighbourGOOD
Team 6: NatureSync
There was only one winner, and that was Team 5: NeighbourGOOD. Congratulations!
Read our interview with the team here and watch their pitch video!