New York's Capital Region a Pepsi Refresh Hotbed

This article by Tom Keyser in the Albany (NY) Times Union provides an interesting look behind the scenes at what goes into winning a Pepsi Refresh grant. Not only is it a learnable skill, but when a community learns the techniques, it can get behind a multitude of causes.

If you look at a map of grant winners, you see that the Capital Region compares favorably to New York City but far exceeds Boston, Hartford, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Take a look yourself at http://awesome.good.is/pepsirefreshmap.html.