Property surveys
This category includes primary data collection about characteristics of individual properties that are missing or incomplete from administrative data sources, such as each property's land use, building condition, or occupancy status.
The Southwestern Pennsylvania Community Profiles presents community data and indicators from dozens of sources in a series of interactive tables, maps, and charts. The tool was built by our... [read more]
Monday, December 8, 2014. 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., Rutgers-Camden Multi Purpose Room (Registration: 11:30 - Noon)The Rutgers Center for Urban Research and Education (CURE) in partnership with... [read more]
In 2009, Data Driven Detroit (D3) participated in the Detroit Residential Parcel Survey (DRPS), collecting data on roughly 350,000 structures and vacant lots in the city of Detroit. The survey... [read more]
Shift Research Lab (Denver*)
Neighborhood Nexus (Atlanta)
Equity mapping uses GIS technology to make the connection between so-called areas of opportunity — places where jobs are relatively plentiful and access to education, healthcare, and other... [read more]
One of the most important new means for sharing data with the public is our Open Data Site, launched in “beta” form in the spring of 2014. We have been using the tool to publish... [read more]
A newly formed Detroit blight task force calls upon many of Detroit's most experienced leadership, including Glenda Prince, Linda Smith and Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert. The task force has... [read more]
How does living amid foreclosures, vacant properties, and declining neighborhood stability affect how well a child does in school?
Funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation of... [read more]
Audio to come soon. Presented at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Reinventing Older Communities Conference with CityCourced and Code for America/Open Plans staff on new ways to... [read more]
The Poverty Center's Neighborhood Stabilization Team Web Application (NST Web App) was selected as a Leadership in Community Innovation Award finalist. Four finalist groups competed for the... [read more]
The Full Circle community mapping project was created to allow local government and non-profit organizations to gather parcel-level data. Full Circle was originally funded by the federal... [read more]
The PNCIS is supporting the work of the Homewood Children's Village, an initiative working to improve the environment for children and families in the Homewood neighborhood. The PNCIS is being... [read more]
D3 collaborated with the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) and Interface Studios to conduct an industrial parcel survey of the City of Detroit. D3 staff participated in the... [read more]
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