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Team

Turning Civic Data Into Action

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Photo soure: ABC24

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Not enough resources for the city to handle or resolve all the requests.

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Cycle of Neighborhood Blight Apathy

Blight

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Disconnection

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Neglect

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Neighborhood Blight Apathy

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“People often wait to see if others will take action”- District 6 Resident

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Problem

Solution

  • There isn’t any functionality to report the severity level when reporting an issue
  • Apps like Nextdoor promise to unite us but turn to gossip

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  • Connect community
  • Empower action
  • Prevent blight

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Be The Change Against Blight

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Bloom

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Connection

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Revitalization

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Breaking the Cycle with BlightWatch

Breaking the Cycle with BlightWatch

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Demo website

BlightWatch Memphis - Community Blight Reporting

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Slide with heat maps

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Future of blight Watch

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Presentation Outline

  • We are Civic Bloom
    • We believe technology should bring people closer and be a force for good
    • We turn civic data into action
  • BlightWatch by Civic Bloom
    • Connecting neighbors. Empowering action.
    • Blight development snowballs
    • By fostering more stewardship in a community block the more people care and the less blight that develops overall.

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