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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 [...]
Community Data 2.0 – Rebooting In Process…
On May 19, people of Sarasota County came together for Community Data 2.0 - A Community-Wide Rebooting. I65 people from a variety of neighborhoods and sectors met to:
Review local community data-related efforts of the past decade
Consider emerging innovations, and
Begin a “rebooting” process to identify qualities of well-being that now matter most in our home community.
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Thoughts from Day One of the American Society on Aging Conference
I have been at the American Society on Aging conference for a full day. This is a big deal with more than 5000 attendees. This is evident in the number of people in line at Starbucks in the morning, the number of options one has regarding the sessions and the opportunities to hear [...]
March 2011 - City of Sarasota Election Results
Last week, SRQ Daily published data relating to the recent City of Sarasota elections. Here at SCOPE, we are most interested in within-community patterns, so our GIS mapper Matt Roach has generated maps of the election results. They illustrate both voter turnout and winners by precinct. How do the patterns revealed confirm your expectations? In [...]
Thinking About Japan
I watched ABC World News the other night following the coverage of Japan and what has occurred since the earthquake and tsunami devastated that country. The last five minutes really struck me. People waiting in line, patiently, for their rations of water, food and other supplies. Displaced residents living in shelters setting up their own [...]
Mapping The 2010 Census in Sarasota
Today the Sarasota Herald-Tribune published this front-page story about the first wave of demographic data released in relation to the U.S. 2010 Census. It includes a map of population change in Florida, by county. Here at SCOPE, we are most interested in within-county patterns, so our GIS mapper Matt Roach generated a related map today. [...]
Data Byte: “The Policy Map”
Check out this great website called “The Policy Map”. It provides an online interactive mapping tool so you can access data about many different domains of society. Think of it as an advanced version of Google Maps for the mapping of communtiy data to help make more informed policy decisions. The Policy Map includes data [...]
Community Engagement and Daniel Pink
“I am only interested in what works.” That’s what Daniel Pink says about workforce, schools, artists, everything. This author of A Whole New Mind and Drive talked to a crowd of people convened by the Patterson Foundation around their initiative on Cultural Connections with Students. The studies and the data generated through this initiative are [...]
White Privilege
This is a follow-up to the Florida Studio Theater discussion about RACE. More to come. See the FST blog site for the entire blog discussion.
Several previous blogs mention issue of power and privilege. These interconnected realities are little acknowledged and their history is little understood. Several years ago, in my role at SCOPE, [...]