# What makes a city smart: how it uses the data it already has

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/what-makes-a-city-smart-how-it-uses-the-data-it-already-has/
- Published: 2019-05-27T19:27:40-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Article by Paul Burton.  The Bond Buyer – May 17, 2019. While gadgets and tech toys adorned the main exhibition hall at this week’s Smart Cities NYC conference in Manhattan, cities and agency officials focused on making technology work situationally. “Any city can be a smart city right now with the data that they control,” said Bob Bennett, founder of B2 Civic Solutions and the former chief innovation officer in Kansas City, Missouri, regarded as a leader in the smart cities movement. Click here to view original web page at www.bondbuyer.com Curated by John Wysocki See Full Bio