Vibrancy Mapping Pilot Projects: June 13 Update
The Millennial Mayors Congress's vibrancy mapping pilot projects have officially launched this summer! Here's a quick update for those of you following along at home.
Hamtramck
We're currently creating surveys to be circulated around town that will ask young people: Why are you in Hamtramck today? Why this bar or restaurant or public space? We're also looking for a platform that will allow the final vibrancy map to have capacity for an almost infinite number of filters or layers for amenities and information.
Madison Heights
The Madison Heights rep is coordinating with City and WalkScore.com staff to compile a list of all businesses within city limits and convert it to a format that's uploadable to Walk Score. Once that's done, we're planning a publicity campaign to highlight the city's walkability.
Roseville
Focusing on Gratiot Avenue, we'll survey young people to identify places for young families to eat, meet and hang out. Our first planned outreach is at the Roseville fireworks, on June 23! Our booth will survey Millennials and have an interactive activity where children (and their parents) can craft their own ideal city out of boxes.
Southgate
We've already started circulating our Southgate Vibrancy Mapping survey, and have heard from a number of Millennials about where they like to go in Southgate and how they city could be made more vibrant. We're now shortening the survey so it can be placed in local bars and restaurants.
Ypsilanti
The Ypsi reps are finalizing a survey that will identify and collect information about all the best places in Ypsilanti. We're still searching for a web- or app-savvy person to help create an interactive trip-planning tool.
At our last administrative meeting, we identified a few key questions we need to answer before moving forward, and we invite your input now:
What should we show in our maps?
How do we decide which places to include?
What are the operational capacities our maps should have?
How do we turn data into maps and apps?
Thoughts? Put 'em in the comments.