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Meet The D3 Interns: Zach Brown
Where did you grow up? I grew up in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit with around 100,000 people. It has the largest proportion of residents of Middle Eastern descent in the United States, with about 40% of residents citing a Middle Eastern heritage. What is...
Detroit Vacancy Rates: A Guide to Conscious Data Consumption
What do all of these numbers have in common? They’ve been used in the past year to describe the vacancy rate in Detroit. Some represent different parts of the city others represent different types of building (residential vs. commercial), types of tenants (renters vs....
The NNIP Spring 2017 Retrospective
The National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP) is a national network of local data intermediaries like D3 that work together to support the development and use of data in local policy-making and community building. Twice a year, we gather in one of the...
5 Essential Podcasts You Should Be Listening To From Erica Raleigh (+55 Bonus Podcasts)
For those of us who are constantly on the go and on long commutes, podcasts provide an opportunity to keep on top of things we love without skipping a beat. We sat down with our executive director, Erica Raleigh, and discussed some of her favorite podcasts that she...
Data Matters – We Need Your Help!
Earlier this week we learned of the introduction of Federal Senate and House companion bills with titles that refer to the protection of local zoning ordinances. Both bills include a section (Section 3) stating "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal...
Who Are the Centenarians? Part 2: Dying at Age 100+ vs. Dying at Ages 65-99
Centenarians, defined as people age 100 or older, are a tiny but growing age group in Michigan and the United States as a whole[1]. In the 2010 U.S. Census, centenarians constituted .0173 percent of the U.S. population and a similar proportion (.0175 percent) of...
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