The City That Chose Nature Over Billboards
DailyGood: News That Inspires - Jul 21, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Jul 21, 2026 "Just remember that those things that get attention flourish." — Victoria Moran The City That Chose Nature Over Billboards When the French city of Grenoble declined to renew its billboard contracts in 2014, it did something quietly radical: it treated public space as belonging to the public. Over the following decade, 326 advertising structures came down, and in their place came trees, bike lanes, and open sightlines to the Alps -- a transformation so well-received that not one of the two election cycles since has seen a...