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Data Viz of the Week: Community Assets
Emerging research emphasizes the importance of identifying assets in a community and partnering with them to enhance community change efforts. Community assets can be anything from social service...
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Health Benefits of Walking Are So Huge, Let’s Make Sure Everyone Can Do It
Part of our continuing series on walking equity By Jay Walljasper. There is mounting evidence that a daily walk helps prevent a host of serious diseases and that evidence is beginning to influence...
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Data Viz of the Week: Diversity of Race/Ethnicity in US
The layer below displays information about population racial and ethnic diversity using the Diversity Index. Index values were calculated by CARES using a variant of the methodology reported by ESRI....
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Native American Youth Advocating for Their Own
The following was originally published at Moms Rising and written by Lecia Imbery. The odds were stacked against Shilo Valle. Born into poverty with parents who struggled with drug and alcohol...
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Four Maps of American Health You Need to See
This post was originally published by Samantha MacDonald on December 4, 2015 on the ESRI Insider Blog. Eat your fruits and veggies. Drink plenty of water. Exercise 30 minutes a day. That’s the perfect...
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Improving Our Nation’s Data on Race and Ethnicity
This feature was previously published on the United States Census Bureau’s Blog and was written by Nicholas Jones. Since the 1970s, the Census Bureau has conducted decennial content tests to research...
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Community Commons Featured At White House Event
In January 2016, the White House Presidential Innovation Fellows invited Community Commons (IP3) to join the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Census Bureau, the White House,...
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A New Tool to Find Areas of Opportunity
Last week Community Commons revealed a new tool developed as part of a six-week software development sprint organized by the White House’s Opportunity Project. The goal of the sprint was to develop...
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City As A Commons
The following was originally published at onthecommons.org and written by Jay Walljasper. The disaster with Flint, Michigan’s drinking water, incited by political leaders more devoted to fiscal...
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Update: FastCo Features Community Commons Tool as White House Favorite
The Community Commons team is excited to be featured in Fast Company magazine today as one of the White House’s favorite economic opportunity apps. Alongside Walkscore.com, Great Schools/Zillow, Esri,...
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Member Spotlight: Bringing “Fresh Food for All” to Hamilton County, TN
Community Commons has more than 30,000 monthly users. Whether it’s sharing information on community development projects or creating maps and reports for a grant application, our users find the...
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Mobilizing to Overcome the ‘Geography of Inequality’
In St. Louis, being born in zip code 63105 or zip code 63106 can make all the difference in the path your life takes, including how long you live. That was one of the main findings from the For Sake of...
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How Did People Experience Poverty from 2009 to 2012?
The following was originally published at census.gov and written by Ashley Edwards. Typical poverty statistics are a snapshot of the population in poverty at the time of the survey. Are the poor...
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Member Spotlight: Using the Commons to Build Community
Samantha Denker works with Americorps in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Part of her job involves working with the community to improve access to education and to alleviate poverty. Through Community...
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For Latinos, Access to Healthy Foods Can Be Sporadic
The following was published on bread.org by the National Council of La Raza Healthy food choices are much easier to make in a supportive food environment—where healthier foods, such as fresh fruits and...
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Mapping Factors that Influence Social Mobility
Upward social and economic mobility from one generation to the next is harder in the U.S. compared to other developed countries. While many Americans have access to resources and opportunities that...
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Case-Making with the ESHE Index Score Tool
The Environments Supporting Healthy Eating (ESHE) Hub on Community Commons has provided a platform for community engagement planning and pilot projects to assess the broad potential uses of the ESHE...
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Salud America! Launches New Report for Members
Community Commons and its partner Salud America! are excited to announce the release of a new, custom tool: The Salud Report Card! This new tool is designed to help identify and communicate what health...
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Three Ways to Invest in Banking Deserts
We have seen countless innovative and impactful programs rise up from the local level, whether it’s working to reduce health disparities or to improve food access. That’s often where the most...
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5 Things to Know About School-Based Health Centers
Millions of elementary and secondary students across the US lack consistent access to quality health care services. Lack of insurance, money, location, and knowledge on how to access health care...
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