From April 6th – April 8th, I attended the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP) Meeting in San Antonio, Texas. NNIP is a network of city partners that collects, analyzes, and evangelizes neighborhood data. The idea of “data for local action”…
The National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP) is a network of trusted city organizations committed to collecting, analyzing, and sharing neighborhood data in service to their communities. Partner organizations convene twice a year to share their work and collaborate on topics…
As of today, Friday, May 27, 2016, I am leaving my position as Executive Director of the Smart Chicago Collaborative. Kyla Williams has been appointed Interim Executive Director. She has been with the organization since December 2011. She is a wellspring…
Array of Things Civic Engagement is a series of community meetings to discuss the Array of Things project and introduce concepts around how the Internet of Things can benefit communities. Our partners for this project is the University of Chicago and their…
This was a big year for community technology in Chicago. Here’s a month-by-month look at some of the things Smart Chicago has shared, supported, and accomplished in 2015. January: Smart Chicago Model Featured at the Gigabit City Summit Smart Chicago…
One of the quirks of both working in technology and the civic sectors is that both sectors tend to use a lot of jargon and abbreviations that makes perfect sense in context, but can baffle outsiders. As an organization that…
