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Using Citizen Feedback to Improve Local Government
Using Citizen Feedback to Improve Local Government
The Data Dilemma in Pittsburgh, Written by Ben Armstrong of MIT GOV/LAB
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Mar 29
The Cost of Commuting vs. Living Close
The Cost of Commuting vs. Living Close
Using Visualized Data to Map Affordability in a Local Community (or Project Area)
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Mar 15
Unpacking Neighborhood Level Economic Segregation
Unpacking Neighborhood Level Economic Segregation
Urban economic segregation and rising income inequality across the nation are widening the opportunity gap and making it more difficult for…
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Mar 17
Using Data to Prepare For & Recover From Natural Disasters
Using Data to Prepare For & Recover From Natural Disasters
With natural disasters and sea levels on the rise, cities across the country are rushing to be better prepared. Leaders in emergency…
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Mar 16
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Building Accessible Cities for All
Building Accessible Cities for All
“What attracts other people most, it would appear, is other people. If I belabor the point, it is because many urban spaces are being…
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Feb 12
How School Boards Can Support Kids Living in Poverty
How School Boards Can Support Kids Living in Poverty
Earlier this year, the Southern Education Foundation released a shocking report. Over half of public school students qualified for free and…
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Oct 5, 2015
250+ Datasets For Your Project Area, Instantly
250+ Datasets For Your Project Area, Instantly
Enrichment is a new way to get precise data about your project area, quicker than you ever imagined, so you can make data-driven decisions…
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Mar 2
What would you do with all the answers and 12 hours of spare time?
What would you do with all the answers and 12 hours of spare time?
Let us begin with a simple conceit: I want you to have all the answers.
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Feb 18
Do Refugees Help the Urban Economy?
Do Refugees Help the Urban Economy?
A month before governors from across the nation announced that they would not be allowing refugees into their states, eighteen city leaders…
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Nov 23, 2015
How Generational Demographics Shape the Planning Process
How Generational Demographics Shape the Planning Process
What’s Age Got to Do with It?
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Feb 5
Introducing mySidewalk’s Template Library
Introducing mySidewalk’s Template Library
When we started building mySidewalk our focus was two-fold: 1) become a rich and reliable resource for public datasets apportioned to a…
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Feb 3
Correlate… ALL THE THINGS III: San Francisco
Correlate… ALL THE THINGS III: San Francisco
This is the third post in a 4-part series examining interesting relationships that can be found when you correlate every characteristic…
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Jan 27
Addressing an Affordable Housing Crisis
Addressing an Affordable Housing Crisis
Last week the Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies released their annual State of the Nation’s Housing report. There were…
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Jan 5
Empower Local Elected Officials With Data
Empower Local Elected Officials With Data
A good elected official personifies his or her district. They know the stories of a place and can use them to effectively care for and…
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Feb 10
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Meet Projects: A new way to manage research, reports, & engagement in mySidewalk
Meet Projects: A new way to manage research, reports, & engagement in mySidewalk
Our users are urban planners, community development directors, and others who manage or collaborate on a variety of projects at once. We…
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Nov 3, 2015
Megatrends, Powerbrokers, and the Advent of the Microchip City
Megatrends, Powerbrokers, and the Advent of the Microchip City
Co-Authored by Stephen Hardy and Nick Bowden. This piece was originally posted on Stephen’s Medium.
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Oct 1, 2015
Why We Should Teach Our Kids Urbanism
Why We Should Teach Our Kids Urbanism
The Prospect of a More Engaged, Tolerant, and Sustainable Future
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Oct 12, 2015
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Understanding Urban Hunger : Food Deserts, Behavior, & Poverty
Understanding Urban Hunger : Food Deserts, Behavior, & Poverty
In the past decade, we have come to understand food deserts as the primary cause of urban hunger and as an easily treatable problem…
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Nov 17, 2015
Let’s Dig Old Data
Let’s Dig Old Data
Fact: We would all like to make better, faster, data-driven decisions. However, with limited resources and time, that can be a tall order.
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Mar 10
Correlate… ALL THE THINGS II: NYC
Correlate… ALL THE THINGS II: NYC
This is the second post in a 4 part series examining interesting relationships that can be found when you correlate every characteristic…
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Dec 16, 2015
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Identifying Housing Challenges & Opportunities in D.C.
Identifying Housing Challenges & Opportunities in D.C.
When it comes to housing markets, Washington D.C. is a bit of an anomaly. Thanks to the District’s remarkable diversity of income, age, and…
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Jan 25
Embracing a Population Boom and Housing the Vulnerable
Embracing a Population Boom and Housing the Vulnerable
Hometown Insights: Denver
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Jan 15
Where America’s College-Grads are Moving & the Job Markets They are Moving Into
Where America’s College-Grads are Moving & the Job Markets They are Moving Into
As a senior in college, I am overly attune with the ‘where should I end up’ conversation. When recent graduates come to visit, I hang onto…
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Dec 17, 2015
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