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TV Spots, Part 6: Transportation Riders United

Data Driven Detroit has collaborated with Detroit Public Television to produce a series of shorts highlighting the data surrounding local institutions. Check out this spot about the Transportation Riders United.

If you watch WTVS, you might see these spots between 6 PM and 11 PM. Check out the rest of this series here.

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TV Spots, Part 5: Restaurant Opportunity Coalition

Data Driven Detroit has collaborated with Detroit Public Television to produce a series of shorts highlighting the data surrounding local institutions. Check out this spot about the Restaurant Opportunity Coalition.

If you watch WTVS, you might see these spots between 6 PM and 11 PM. Check out the rest of this series here.

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TV Spots, Part 4: Georgia St. Community Garden

Data Driven Detroit has collaborated with Detroit Public Television to produce a series of shorts highlighting the data surrounding local institutions. Check out this spot about the Georgia Street Community Garden, featuring Mark Covington.

If you watch WTVS, you might see these spots between 6 PM and 11 PM. Check out the rest of this series here.

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Council District Options Update

D3 has submitted a “new” map to City Council – Option 5p: the precinct compliant plan. It is unfortunate, but due to legal shortsightedness and a bureaucratic process, we have had to slightly modify our proposed neighborhood centric map from Census block lines to Bureau of Elections’ precincts. Our intent of protecting neighborhoods has not changed, but some of the boundaries have moved to accommodate precinct lines. You can interactively examine the new plan here, or view an easy-print version of the map here.

The City Council’s vote on the proposed districts is fast approaching, so now is the time to make yourself heard. There are two public meetings today:

City Council Town Hall
Wednesday, February 15, 7 p.m.*
East Lake Baptist Church, 12400 East Jefferson

Gary Brown Town Hall
“Detroit City Council President Pro Tem Gary A. Brown will host Town Halls to receive citizen feedback on four proposed Council Districts’ maps.”
Wednesday, February 15, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Greater Christ Baptist Church, 3544 Iroquois (at Mack Avenue)
Gary Brown’s survey: Complete the Feedback Survey Online

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DPTV Spot, Part 3: Southwest Detroit Boxing

Data Driven Detroit has collaborated with Detroit Public Television to produce a series of shorts highlighting the data surrounding local institutions. Check out this spot about Southwest Detroit Boxing.

If you watch WTVS, you might see these spots between 6 PM and 11 PM. Check out the rest of this series here and here.

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TV Spot, Part 2: Chrysler Elementary School

Data Driven Detroit has collaborated with Detroit Public Television to produce a series of shorts highlighting the data surrounding local institutions. Check out this spot about Chrysler Elementary School.

If you watch WTVS, you might see these spots between 6 PM and 11 PM. Click here for part one in this [Read on...]

More Press for D3’s “Option 5” District Map

Detroit 2020 covers the support in Southwest Detroit for D3’s Option 5, and interviews D3 Director Kurt Metzger:

The Huffington Post also interviewed Kurt:

What motivated D3 to make its own ‘Option 5′ City Council district map?

Really our critique was that two of the [City Planning [Read on...]

D3 and the “New Macomb”

by Louis Bach, Communications; and Kurt Metzger, Director

source: Macomb NOW Magazine

Next time you’re near a newsstand, be sure to check out Macomb NOW Magazine’s article “The Land of Opportunity: The ‘New’ Macomb County”:

In 2011, the Detroit metropolitan economic and political leadership “discovered” Macomb County. At a political [Read on...]

Public TV Spot: Catherine Ferguson Academy

Data Driven Detroit has collaborated with Detroit Public Television to produce a series of shorts highlighting the data surrounding local institutions. Check out this spot about Catherine Ferguson Academy.

If you watch WTVS, you might see these spots between 6 PM and 11 PM. Stay tuned over the next few days [Read on...]

Support for D3’s “Option 5” Voiced by Residents at City Council’s Public Meetings

by Louis Bach, Communications

Last Friday, Data Driven Detroit added its voice to the City Council districting process by releasing an alternative to the four official district map options.  Since then, there have been three public meetings for Detroiters to voice their opinion on the map options and on the process.

As it turns out, [Read on...]