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Data Storytelling Jobs Part 1: Access to Community Data
Jan 20, 2023 3:36:44 PM
Data Storytelling Jobs Part 1: Access to Community Data
by the mySidewalk Team on Jan 20, 2023 3:36:44 PM
If you haven’t been around here before, or you haven’t been around recently, welcome! We’re so glad that you’re here. mySidewalk is on a mission to democratize data and equip changemakers with tools to build stronger communities. We do this through our full-stack data storytelling pla …
Seeing 20/20: How Indiana Makes Clear Investments into Affordable Housing
by the mySidewalk Team on Nov 15, 2022 11:38:00 AM
If you only had $30 to spend at a grocery store, what would you buy to get the most out of your limited resources? Maybe you’d buy some protein, some rice, a handful of produce, and a half gallon of milk. If there was room, maybe you could splurge on a treat for your children. Regardl …
Hope at the Center: A Changemaker Profile
by the mySidewalk Team on Nov 9, 2022 11:57:00 AM
At mySidewalk, we have the honor of supporting changemakers all over the country. In this article, we highlight a team who continues to inspire us — The Florida Department of Health in Volusia County. Specifically, we're profiling the work of Path4Hope, the County's holistic approach …
The Places that Shape Us: a Changemaker Profile
by the mySidewalk Team on Nov 1, 2022 10:18:26 AM
At mySidewalk, we have the honor of supporting changemakers all over the country. In this article, we highlight one of those unique champions who inspire us: Nicole Augustine. She's a Public Health advocate, master storyteller, and an all-around joy to know.
Evolving With Our Customers: The New CHA Solution
by the mySidewalk Team on Oct 3, 2022 8:00:00 AM
Four years ago, the team at mySidewalk faced a new challenge: how to make Community Health Assessments (CHAs) sing. We didn’t literally want them to sing (we do love karaoke, but maybe not in this situation), but we wanted them to be as interesting and engaging as our Community Health …
How CRAIG 1300™ Can Help Your Organization Win Federal Grants
by the mySidewalk Team on Sep 23, 2022 9:25:51 AM
In a dream world, if money were no object, how would you improve your community?
Generating Affordable Housing Insights for the State of Nebraska
by the mySidewalk Team on Aug 29, 2022 12:00:00 PM
The Ask When the Nebraska Investment Finance Authority (NIFA) approached our team, they were at a crossroads. Data tables living on the website were freely available for nonprofit housing organizations, developers and local community stakeholders to sift through, but the clunky number …
The Perfect Fit: HUD Low-Mod Data in mySidewalk
by Drew Stiehl on Aug 8, 2022 12:00:00 PM
mySidewalk added HUD Low- and Moderate-Income data to our platform. This data is a critical component of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) applications, and helps housing and community development practitioners see where low- and moderate-income populations are located in their …
Home is Where the Heart Is
by David Valdiviezo on Jul 14, 2022 12:48:41 PM
Take a drive through pockets of any city, and you will see them. You may avert your eyes because you know what they mean. You may mistakenly attribute it to a massive spring cleaning effort.
GoDaddy's Venture Forward Collaborates with mySidewalk to Create Microbusiness Impact Report
by the mySidewalk Team on Jun 13, 2022 11:08:03 AM
We're excited to announce a new partnership with GoDaddy Venture Forward! Through this work, mySidewalk subscribers can generate customized reports that tell the story of small businesses wherever they live.
Three CRAIG 1300™ Data Indicators to Help Reduce Risk in Your Community
by the mySidewalk Team on Jun 7, 2022 2:05:42 PM
Whether you're a city official or a public safety leader, your community is bound to have risks. In fact, most communities contain multiple dangers or hazards that can negatively affect its citizens. But there are also many ways to reduce potential problems and spot patterns. As Will …
How to Leverage Community Data for COVID-19 Response
by the mySidewalk Team on Jun 3, 2022 3:08:56 PM
Each month, mySidewalk hosts a webinar in partnership with the National League of Cities. In April, we focused on how Public Health departments can leverage community data to respond to COVID-19 in their communities. We were fortunate to have guest speakers from both Maricopa County ( …
Taking Creativity Home After an Event
by Sara Wood on May 23, 2022 3:45:00 PM
Years ago, I’d hit a wall in the work I was doing with fire data. I wanted to create new applications, visualizations, and educational materials around fire safety, but I just couldn’t think of anything. I started researching ways to brainstorm more ideas and stumbled across Tina Seel …
The Loneliness Epidemic in America
by Maggie Kauffman on May 3, 2022 9:00:00 AM
The COVID-19 pandemic is a collective trauma on a global scale. In a matter of weeks, our lives were upended. We bunkered down in our homes, many of us expecting to be back in the office or classrooms in a few weeks. There was fear of the disease, of course, but there was also isolati …
3 Ingredients You Need in a Successful Community Health Assessment
by the mySidewalk Team on Apr 13, 2022 8:23:30 AM
Community Health Assessments (often fondly referred to as CHAs) have a reputation as dense, dry, and overwhelming. On my first day as Deputy Director of the Kansas City, Missouri Health Department, I walked into my new office to see a two-inch thick printed report on my desk. The CHA …
Brighter Days Ahead: Celebrating Public Health
by the mySidewalk Team on Apr 4, 2022 8:35:45 AM
The Vikings were master boat makers — their boats were able to withstand the seas because the wood they chose was flexible. When the winds shifted, and the outlook turned dangerous, the wood of the Viking ships didn’t stay rigid. The wood bent.
Fund Health Equity and Target Grants by Visualizing Community Data
by the mySidewalk Team on Dec 23, 2021 7:30:00 AM
Voices for Healthy Kids®, an initiative of the American Heart Association, works with mySidewalk to leverage community data in its grantmaking process. Voices for Healthy Kids accomplishes its mission to improve or create equitable policies that make the places kids live, learn, and p …
Paving the way for new investment with The Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act
by the mySidewalk Team on Dec 12, 2021 2:14:29 PM
Infrastructure week is finally here. How will it change transportation planning? Last month, President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law. The legislation provides a significant boost to infrastructure funding levels, adding $550 billion in new spending o …
Better data means bigger wins: Wauconda Fire District receives $1.2 million with the help of Fire Performance data
by Sara Wood on Dec 2, 2021 8:30:00 AM
Setting yourself apart from every other grant applicant is getting more and more difficult. Especially in the fire service industry. While data and hard numbers go a long way to make your case, community data offers another, deeper lens into the lives we work every day to protect.