Libraries
The trusted place a community goes to understand itself.
Libraries already have the trust, the rooms and the reach in every neighborhood. A library-sponsored model makes the branch the front door to Civic Intelligence.
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One figure per parish. The tracts inside tell a different story. See inside East Baton Rouge Parish ↓
Trusted community institutions, particularly public libraries, are natural anchors for civic knowledge and engagement.
From the Civic Intelligence application
Who lives within reach of a site, on current census boundaries.
Need described with figures a reviewer can check.
Workshops and briefings hosted at the branch.
A real example
One county figure. 95 tracts.
Child poverty in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA is 23.5% as a whole. Inside it, census tracts run from 0.0% to 92.0%.
0.0% to 92.0%
What exists today
Honest about what is live.
Live means you can use it now. Proposed means designed, not yet built.
- Current census tracts and ZIP Code AreasLive nationwide
- Library Intelligence lensEast Baton Rouge
- Workshops and community briefingsLive nationwide
- Library-sponsored public accessProposed
Your next step
A library-sponsored Community Intelligence model
Twenty minutes with the people who build and run the platform, with your place's figures pulled before we talk.
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