Smart Cville

Our organization has transitioned into the Center for Civic Innovation. Please follow @Center4Civic for all of our updates.

I'm excited to find this presentation from @LaJuneTabron from @WK_Kellogg_Fdn on the connections between GIS tech and racial equity work youtube.com/watch?v=FSxCpM…

This #GivingTuesday is a great opportunity to support the fellowship program. You can donate here: bit.ly/3rnmMX4

We had our second Fellowship training session last week and it was great! A big THANK YOU to Brian Johns of @VAOrganizing who joined us as the facilitator! We're also grateful to @PiedmontVaCC for the meeting space! Moore about our Fellowship Program -centerforcivic.org/fellowship

Learn about the 13 projects involved in our current fellowship program and meet the fellows behind the work! centerforcivic.org/fellows2021

Leslie M. Scott-Jones is collaborating on this project! She’s written plays & fiction, and has been active in local theater for over 10 years. She's the Artistic Director of the Charlottesville Player’s Guild, a Black theatre company, and is the CEO and founder of @EMartinllc.

Interested in supporting the work our fellows are doing? Find out how: centerforcivic.org/getinvolved

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Our fellows met for the first time last week - learn more about the members of our 2021 Fellowship cohort and their projects! centerforcivic.org/fellows2021

Meet another fellowship team! Tami Wright & Lisa Draine are increasing access to nutritious food in low-wealth neighborhoods. They'll look at several models, like grocery co-ops & mobile farm stands. The process builds on the work of community partners & public housing residents.

Join our friends @codeforcville on Saturday afternoon to take part in their sidewalk mapping project! Learn more - meetup.com/Code-for-Charl…

Meet another fellow! Ali Alkhaledy is working on creating a Car repair pricing app, that compares all Charlottesville local body shops/workshops to help the community get an honest, fair quote with one tap on their phone. We are excited to help Ali take on this work.

Meet another fellow! Michael Luegering is working on the 10th St Tree Restoration Project. His design perspective is framed by his study of landscape architecture, urban design, and urban planning, his research in the vernacular of the American pasture and his Kentucky upbringing

What a great day to be celebrating our Virginia Living Wage Certified employers! 🙌 @Center4Civic is a citizen-driven organization that promotes the use of technology to make cities better places to live. #valivingwage #celebratelivingwages #changeagent

We are happy to have Julia Eskew joining us through work study! Julia is a 4th year at UVA focusing on public health and healthcare policy, specifically maternal mortality. She is excited to build skills that focus on diversity, equity, & inclusion through the CCI. Welcome Julia!

Meet another fellow! This is Taylor Frome- she's leading a team creating Cville Tool Lending Library. They're working with several local organizations to provide access to tools equipment, and skills to all residents and organizations in Charlottesville and Albemarle County.

Next fellow! Anson Parker is working on a pilot program with @HavenCville and @codeforcville. They creating a digital currency available to individuals experiencing homelessness to enable those them to spend money at local stores and work to improve credit scores.

Meet another fellow! Michelle Miles is working on LiDAR accessibility scanning. She's coordinating with blind, low-vision, and wheelchair using people, identifying indoor and outdoor places of interest, and using 3d scanners to determine the accessibility of those spaces.

Next fellow, meet Allison Weiderhold! She is working on an app to promote healthy living and existing resources. With 5 years in clinical research and a passion for health equity and cardiac outcomes, she's working to improve access to care and education around heart health.

Meet another fellow! Matthew Slaats is partnering with @PHARCVille to create an oral history of public housing in Cville. They'll develop a process to train public housing residents to interview elders about the history of public housing organizing since the end of urban renewal.

Next fellow! This is the team behind the UVA Open Data Project: students managing a project encouraging students to access and analyze content (finances, student life, academics, etc) generated by UVA and its affiliates. Email us to be a coach - programs@centerforcivic.org.