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| Community Opportunity map view |
On Monday I posted
an article showing a map of Chicago's West Side neighborhoods, using an Opportunity Atlas which was featured last week in a
New York Times article, and has been mentioned often on social media since then.
Today I found a different
Community Opportunity Map, created and hosted by the Casey Family Programs.
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| Opportunity Atlas map view |
Both of these platforms offer a load of information. I am particularly impressed with the Casey map, in how easy it is to draw boundaries around an area and receive a table of data showing different indicators for that area. I drew the entire West side just to compare one map with the other, and with the map I host that shows non-school youth tutor and/or mentor programs in the same area.
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| Chicago Tutor / Mentor Programs |
Neither of the two opportunity maps has layers of information showing youth and family services and other assets in these areas, which all need consistent attention and an on-going flow of talent, ideas and operating dollars to be effective.
Thus, users will need to do what I do, which is combine map views from different platforms in order to tell a story that starts out showing where people need help, then moves to an analysis of what help is already available, and then a conversation of how to help existing services grow and stay available, while also filling voids where more services are needed.
If this is a process you're applying through your planning and community support efforts, please share a link to a web site where you describe and show your work.
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