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Data Byte: Transportation Resources Hit the Real-Time
Local transportation resources can make a big difference in the quality of life experienced by residents of any community. In Venice, citizens and city staff recently collaborated to create a local bicycling map to make it easier for everyone to navigate the community on bike — a great example of a “hard copy” resource for [...]
Meeting: Community Data Stewards
Meeting to discuss Environmental Indicators and Preparing Local Datasets for Online Community Data Platform. Everyone who is interested in contributing to the development of the Community Data Collaborative and corresponding online community data platform is invited to attend the upcoming monthly meeting of the Community Data Stewards.
What: Discuss Environmental indicators & Preparing Local Datasets
When: Monday, May 21, 11:00 [...]
The Power of Mapping: Googling the Perfect House
How can community data be useful to us as citizens and as neighbors? Doug Griffin, a resident of Siesta Key and member of the SCOPE Data Team, describes how he and his wife recently used online GIS mapping tools to address a challenge that many of us face at some point in our lives.
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Job Title: Green Map Data Steward
Purpose: The Sarasota County Green Map is an online, interactive map highlighting Sarasota County’s many sustainability features. It serves as a central, geographically-focused resource to assist community members and visitors in their efforts to live more sustainably. Green Map Data Stewards are needed to help take the Sarasota County Green Map to the next level [...]
Read All About It: Central-Cocoanut Neighbors Join Together in Fierce Devotion to their Neighborhood
In recent weeks, there have been many media reports about the local response to the mural painted in the Central-Cocoanut neighborhood of Newtown, on the corner of 10th Street and Central Avenue. As a community engagement organization, SCOPE has been anticipating headlines about the community-building brilliance of the neighborhood residents, as that’s what most impresses [...]
We Still Got It…!
Back in 2000, the U.S. Census reported that Sarasota County was the #1 large county in the United States with regard to older adults. Our county had the highest percentage of residents age 65 and older among large counties. Recently, data on the age distribution of the U.S. population was released by the 2010 Census [...]
Data Byte - FundRace takes off here in Sarasota County
With Mitt Romney coming to town for a fundraising event on June 16th, it might be interesting to see what the political donor landscape is like here in Sarasota County. The Huffington Post has created an interactive mapping tool that makes it possible to see which residents and businesses of our community are contributing to [...]
Guest Post: Respecting Environment
SCOPE is partnering with the Peace Education and Action Center and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune to start a community dialogue in three important areas: Rethinking Education, Restoring Justice and Respecting Environment. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune will publish guest editorials on each of the three areas, which will be crossposted on the SCOPE blog.
On April 9th and 10th, [...]
Guest Post: Restoring Justice
SCOPE is partnering with the Peace Education and Action Center and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune to start a community dialogue in three important areas: Rethinking Education, Restoring Justice and Respecting Environment. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune will publish guest editorials on each of the three areas, which will be crossposted on the SCOPE blog.
On April 9th and 10th, [...]
Guest Post: Rethinking Education
SCOPE is partnering with the Peace Education and Action Center and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune to start a community dialogue in three important areas: Rethinking Education, Restoring Justice and Respecting Environment. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune will publish guest editorials on each of the three areas, which will be crossposted on the SCOPE blog.
On April 9th and 10th, [...]