In 2010, when the security crisis in Nuevo León presented a crisis, the committee that makes up DistritoTec, raised the idea of recovering public spaces around the institution, so it began with a project that was announced until 2014, which currently continues to generate benefits for the people who live in the areas adjacent to the Tecnológico de Monterrey.

Seven years after its implementation, the urban regeneration and innovation initiative was recognized as one of the five finalists for the main global award that celebrates and highlights transformative urban change.

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In addition to DistritoTec, which represented Monterrey, projects from London, England; Nairobi, Kenya; Ahmedabad, India and Rosario, Argentina.

For its 2020-2021 edition of the award - which highlights innovative work and approaches to address climate change and urban inequality - it received more than 260 proposals from 160 cities and 54 countries that were evaluated by 120 international specialists.

The recognition is accompanied by an award of $ 25,000, an amount with which DistritoTec will soon advance to the next phase of its strategic plan, which is to foster the creation of an innovation district.

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“For Mexican cities facing the challenge of urban expansion and other problems similar to Monterrey, DistritoTec symbolizes the transformative potential of institutions socially committed to creating compact, connected and prosperous urban centers,” highlighted WRI leaders.

For her part, Majora Carter, urban consultant from the United States, who was part of the jury, said about the project that “DistritoTec has allowed people to shape the urban landscape and infrastructure, while building trust in the city (…) shows us that we shouldn't measure success by how far we go with our communities, but how we get people to stay in them and rebuild community capital. "

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