What will the cities of tomorrow look like? These middle schoolers have thoughts

NPR | By Kadin Mills

Published February 12, 2026 at 4:10 PM CST

At the Illinois gathering of the Future City competition, 16 middle school teams presented their concepts for cutting-edge cities.

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