by d3wpadmin | Dec 19, 2018 | Lead, Noah Urban
In recent years, child exposure to lead has received a lot of attention in Michigan. From the Flint Water Crisis that began in 2014 to the Detroit Public Schools turning off drinking water in 2018 due to high levels of lead and copper in water fountains, a series of...
by d3wpadmin | Nov 27, 2018 | Census, Rachel Dalio
This is the twelfth and final blog post in an in-depth series exploring the history and future of the US Census. If you’re interested in other subjects related to Census 2020, check out the list of all our blog posts about it at the end of this post. In 2016, the...
by d3wpadmin | Nov 6, 2018 | Stephanie Quesnelle
Staring at spreadsheets, maps, and databases day in and day out can become so routine, we forget how exciting data can be when displayed in interactive and dynamic ways. A few weeks ago, D3 ventured to The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation to get outside of our...
by d3wpadmin | Oct 24, 2018 | Announcement
A decade is a long time! 2008 was the height of the Great Recession, the first election of President Obama, and the year Data Driven Detroit was founded (albeit under a different name). Originally called the Detroit-Area Community Information System (or D-ACIS), D3...
by d3wpadmin | Oct 9, 2018 | Meghin Mather
In December 2017, The Skillman Foundation extended their support for Data Driven Detroit (D3). This continued partnership has allowed us to perpetuate the use of data to positively impact children and communities in Detroit. Since then, D3 has (and continues to)...
