How Motor City Mapping became a template for citywide collaboration

Last winter, one of the coldest and snowiest on record, about 150 Detroiters took to the streets. Using an app created by Loveland Technologies, they visited and documented the condition of each of the city's 375,000 parcels, creating what is likely the most comprehensive database of one city’s property in the nation.
 
But before they hit the streets, an unprecedented collaboration of individuals and organizations was required to get what has come to be known as the Motor City Mapping (MCM) project off the ground...