by d3wpadmin | Apr 9, 2019 | Stephanie Quesnelle
In March of this year, the City of Detroit’s Health Department released record-level data detailing all health inspections taking place in restaurants and food establishments in Detroit over the past few years. With that data, we decided to conduct a...
by d3wpadmin | Feb 18, 2019 | Lead, Stephanie Quesnelle
In the first blog of our “Beyond the Water” series, we explained the background of blood lead level testing and explored elevated blood lead level (EBLL) data for the entire state, comparing rates of lead exposure across Michigan. In this blog, we’re going to drill...
by d3wpadmin | Jan 10, 2019 | Stephanie Quesnelle
Over five years ago, my sister invited me into a 50 book challenge group on Facebook. The premise is simple, you commit to reading and sharing reviews on each of the 50 books you read over a year. Well, between grad school, moving states, new jobs, getting married,...
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 1, 2018 | Stephanie Quesnelle
Last month, we posted a blog exploring one of our newest projects which is focused on building a concrete measurement of Opportunity Youth. As a reminder, Opportunity Youth (OY) are typically defined as young adults 16-24 years old who are neither working nor enrolled...
by d3wpadmin | Aug 13, 2018 | Stephanie Quesnelle
Data Driven Detroit is excited to announce a partnership with Microsoft and The Skillman Foundation to test out a new approach to measure “Opportunity Youth” (OY). OY are typically defined as young adults 16-24 years old who are neither working nor enrolled in school...
