City government partnerships

Activities Publications

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This category contains examples of partner work that directly and/or substantially involves city government agencies either as a client or partner.It also includes examples of city government action that analysis by NNIP partners directly influenced. By looking at examples of these types of relationships and outcomes, we see that data intermediary work can rely on and feed into government at the local level.

Related Activities:

Data Justice for Pittsburgh’s Black Community Receives de Beaumont Grant

August 2023

University Center for Social and Urban Research (Pittsburgh)

Pittsburgh NNIP partner, the Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center, is part of a committed team bringing participatory data governance to the City of Pittsburgh. The Black Equity Coalition (... [read more]

IMS Director Sheila Martin joins Portland Innovation Quadrant

April 2018

(Inactive) Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies (Portland)

IMS director Sheila Martin has joined the board of the Innovation Quadrant (IQ) and is developing a data strategy to measure its impact, both within and... [read more]

Milwaukie Housing Affordability Plan

April 2018

(Inactive) Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies (Portland)

IMS is working with the City of Milwaukie to write a Housing Affordability Strategy. It will serve as an overarching framework, combining existing land use inventory, needs assessments, and... [read more]

Does your city have a robust data culture? San Antonio is building one.

2016 - 2019

Community Information Now (CI:Now) (San Antonio)

In early 2016 a group of data professionals, along with numerous consumers of data from philanthropy, local governments, and nonprofits, came together to assess where the San Antonio region stood... [read more]

Councilman Seren Says Cleveland Heights Should Increase Use of NEO CANDO

October 22, 2015

Center on Poverty and Community Development (Cleveland)

"We need to make more robust use of Case Western Reserve's NEO CANDO NST Web App," said Cleveland Heights Councilman Kahlil Seren during a discussion on foreclosure among the candidates running... [read more]

Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center Launch

October 15, 2015

University Center for Social and Urban Research (Pittsburgh)

December 2014

University Center for Social and Urban Research (Pittsburgh)

The Pittsburgh Regional Data Center will provide an open data platform for our partners in local government and community organizations across the region. The Data Center will also provide an... [read more]

Charlotte Data Day 2014

June 17, 2014

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute   (Charlotte)
City of Charlotte   (Charlotte)
Mecklenburg County   (Charlotte)

An audience of 178 housing experts, government analysts, nonprofit leaders and others gathered for the second annual Charlotte Data Day. The day-long event, hosted by the UNC Charlotte Urban... [read more]

DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey

2012 - 2024

DataHaven (New Haven - Connecticut)

The DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey (DCWS) uses probability sampling to create highly-reliable local information that is not available from any other public data source. The DCWS ... [read more]

Related Publications:

University Center for Social and Urban Research
Pittsburgh

Data Guide: Crime, Courts, and Corrections in the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County

October 13, 2016

Website - By: Bob Gradeck and Steven Saylor

Data Guide to Crime, Courts, and Corrections in the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County

Metropolitan Area Planning Council
Boston

Employing Youth: Building a Summer Jobs Program with Young People

August 30, 2016

Blog post - By: Alex Torpey, Living Cities

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The Polis Center
Indianapolis