Crowd Sourced City FINAL PresentationDecember 15, 2011

Aisha Qamar • Danielle Dowler Norabelle Greenberger • Stephanie Servetz

Brownsville, Brooklyn

Brownsville Statistics

• 54.5% of families live below poverty line• 48% of population receive income supports• Highest Concentration of public housing IN THE

COUNTRY• Unemployment Rate in NYCHA public housing: 32%

Source: Brownsville Partnership website

Source: Community Solutions website

Source: GrowNYC website

Brownsville Partnership Needs

Brownsville Bike Tour, October 2011

Getting our apple fix at Youth Market

Brownsville Recreation Center (BRC)

Coffee Klatch, October 2011

Getting to know Brownsville

Real Time Updates Anonymous Input Feedback Loop (Comments) Stronger Sense of Community Long Term Sustainability Minimal maintenance Information mapping (spatial component)

Initial Project Goals

Our Platform Choice

Welcome to bvilleloop.com

How it Works

There is a street light out. I feel unsafe

Text the Brownsville LOOP

See something you want to tell us about?

Then check out your posting on bvilleloop.com … And see what others are saying too!!!

We’ll let you know we got your text

How to keep Brownsville in the Loop:2

Send an email to loop@bvilleloop.com

Send a text message to: 312-560-7937

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Submit report directly online at bvilleloop.com

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Send a tweet:#BrownsvilleLoop

How to keep Brownsville in the Loop:

Data Collection

What is being crowd sourced? How will data be used?

Successes

True story: Al Sharpton showed up in Brownsville the same day as us.He won.

Challenges

Technical difficulties.Community Interaction and Trust

What would we have done differently?

Future of the Bville Loop

KEEP US IN THE LOOP!