Abstract
 Building Internal Community Capacity through Technology: Sibley Consulting and DSNI Track: State and Local Government Author(s): Kyu-Sang (Joshua) Lee, Michelle Thompson, Anna Karwowska Technology is vital to many businesses, governments, and organizations and can be especially useful for Community Base Organizations (CBOs). The Cornell University (Fall 2004) GIS project tackled this issue by analyzing the use of data and technology with the Dudley Street Neighborhood InitiativeŽ (DSNI). The community-university partnership between the GIS Workshop Class (Sibley Consulting) and DSNI focused on community economic empowerment. However, this partnership included many more actors and relationships such as Boston Redevelopment Authority, Boston Assessing Department and other public-private agencies that provided the group with the data and technical knowledge needed. While ArcGIS 8.3 was the primary tool, Websurveyor, CommunityViz, and Blackboard were also used for capacity building. The final report is an educational tool for DSNI's development of a geodatabase. The project will serve as a good model for future partnership projects in fostering usage of technology among CBOs. Kyu-Sang (Joshua) Lee Sibley Consulting c/o Thompson RE Consultants 14 Redwood Lane Ithaca , NY 14850 US Phone: 607-227-1662 Fax: 607-255-1971 E-mail: kl275@cornell.edu Michelle Thompson Thompson Real Estate Consultants 14 Redwood Lane Ithaca , NY New York US Phone: 607-227-1662 Fax: 607-255-1971 E-mail: mmt7@cornell.edu Anna Karwowska Cornell University City and Regional Planning 8 Bogert Pl. Bronxville , NY 10708 US Phone: 607-592-3735 E-mail: ak285@cornell.edu |
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