A Los Angeles charitable group that conducted an online poll to determine which of 279 nominated nonprofit and private companies should share in a $1-million prize announced its winners Wednesday.

Winners of $1 million in grants to improve L.A. announced, Los Angeles Times

The votes have been counted and KPCC has the list of 10 projects that are going to make Los Angeles super awesome in 2050. Well, hopefully. The projects are all winners in the LA2050 competition and get to split $1 million in prize money–the competition fielded 270 ideas that might make LA a better place in 37 years, and pledged to give $100,000 to the top vote-getter in each of eight categories, plus two additional wildcard projects chosen by the sponsoring Goldhirsh Foundation.

2050 LA Will Be Doing So Much More With Its Underused Space, Curbed LA

Along with The Goldhirsh Foundation, GOOD (whose co-founder and CEO happens to be Ben Goldhirsh), has launched the My LA2050 project, a “community-owned mechanism” designed to reimagine L.A.’s future. With the help of experts, academics, practitioners, and supporters, The Goldhirsh Foundation will fund ten Angeleno-submitted project proposals with one million in grants. 

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Winners of $1 million in grants to improve L.A. announced, Los Angeles Times

2050 LA Will Be Doing So Much More With Its Underused Space, Curbed LA

My LA2050: Project Proposals For A Better Los Angeles, Los Angeles Magazine