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June 4, 2007
News about neighborhood news
So local it knows where you live: During my recent detachment from the online world (note the late date of my last post), Rob Curley blogged about a new grant-funded project in the works, called "EveryBlock." Here's an excerpt from Rob's post, with links added for context:"The formal press release from the Knight Foundation said Adrian [Holovaty] will 'create a series of city data sites presenting address-specific news and information. The 10 cities will include the Knight cities of Miami, Philadelphia, Detroit, San Jose and Charlotte.'"The newschallenge.org site gives a little more information about the project, stating that it will: 'create, test and release open-source software that links databases to allow citizens of a large city to learn (and act on) civic information about their neighborhood or block.'"When asked if Nashville is among the 10 cities to be included, Holovaty said his team hasn't finalized the list of cities yet.I got a new attitude [survey to tell you about]: Late last week Vanderbilt University said its researchers had started contacting Nashville residents about their attitudes on "individual engagement in the community -- from the arts and the economy to politics, religion and schools." Called the Vanderbilt Engaging Nashville Survey, this project is the first for the university's new Center for Nashville Studies.All the cool kids are doing it: A Sunday story in The Washington Post examined neighborhood blogs in the D.C. area. Check out "Blogging the Block: It's Local Matters That Matter Most For Community Chroniclers." No surprise that politics are a popular subject up there.
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June 4, 2007
News about neighborhood news
So local it knows where you live: During my recent detachment from the online world (note the late date of my last post), Rob Curley blogged about a new grant-funded project in the works, called "EveryBlock." Here's an excerpt from Rob's post, with links added for context:"The formal press release from the Knight Foundation said Adrian [Holovaty] will 'create a series of city data sites presenting address-specific news and information. The 10 cities will include the Knight cities of Miami, Philadelphia, Detroit, San Jose and Charlotte.'"The newschallenge.org site gives a little more information about the project, stating that it will: 'create, test and release open-source software that links databases to allow citizens of a large city to learn (and act on) civic information about their neighborhood or block.'"When asked if Nashville is among the 10 cities to be included, Holovaty said his team hasn't finalized the list of cities yet.I got a new attitude [survey to tell you about]: Late last week Vanderbilt University said its researchers had started contacting Nashville residents about their attitudes on "individual engagement in the community -- from the arts and the economy to politics, religion and schools." Called the Vanderbilt Engaging Nashville Survey, this project is the first for the university's new Center for Nashville Studies.All the cool kids are doing it: A Sunday story in The Washington Post examined neighborhood blogs in the D.C. area. Check out "Blogging the Block: It's Local Matters That Matter Most For Community Chroniclers." No surprise that politics are a popular subject up there.
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