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Article: City going green with Big Blue

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September 20, 2009
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Hours after the Dubuque City Council approved the project, Mayor Roy Buol stepped to the podium at the Grand River Center to laud a partnership with IBM.

Calling it a "landmark" alliance, Buol said the city sustainability initiative orchestrated by IBM and Dubuque will form a model for other cities around the nation.

About 200 people gathered Thursday at the Grand River Center to applaud the formation of a "Smarter Sustainable Dubuque."

Buol and IBM officials outlined a plan to pilot the tech company's Smarter Planet program in Dubuque - the first U.S. city to participate in the movement and the most comprehensive plan for launching the program so far.

"This is literally about how the world ...

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