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Member Round Up: Corn Dogs! Interactive Maps!

NTEN

GOOD Maker, in a partnership with NTEN, announced Detroit's Green Economy Leadership Training (Solidarity) winner of their Use Technology for Good challenge. Solidarity 's winning idea, 'Off Grid Solar System for an Urban Farm', will use the grant to install a solar energy system at Food Field, a four-acre organic, urban farm in Detroit.

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The Public Argument About Arts Support as Seen through the Lens of the Detroit Institute of Arts

Museum 2.0

Earlier this month, the Detroit Institute of Arts was "saved" by a voter-approved property tax (called a "millage") in its three surrounding counties. I'm focusing on the community response to the prospect of the millage and the way the public debate reflects broader conversations about the public value of the arts.

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Great reads from around the web on August 23rd

Amy Sample Ward

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. He's a regular blogger on the Lithosphere's Building Community blog and previously wrote in the Analytic Science blog. 'What Of course, I will compare and contrast them to the new kids on the block (i.e.

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Nonprofits and App Developers Combine Forces for Community Change

Tech Soup

But what if an app could be used to help nonprofits, public libraries, and other community groups organize and solve pressing problems? Refuge Restrooms is a web application and a mobile app (Android and iOS) that crowdsources and maps locations of gender-neutral and trans-safe bathrooms. Crowdfunding Help.

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Growing the NetSquared Community

Tech Soup

If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar. Check each month that there are events in each region, and comment out the un-necessary regions. Communications Networking Lunch. Logo and Map : Elijah van der Giessen / CC BY-NC.

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Need Hands-on Help? NetSquared's Free Workshops Are in Your Community

Tech Soup

If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar. Check each month that there are events in each region, and comment out the un-necessary regions. Detroit, Michigan: SeeClickFix Summer Workshop. The link need to be like so: Africa.

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8 Apps That May (Actually) Change San Francisco

Tech Soup

So it's refreshing to come to an event where techies and nonprofits convene to solve deep, real problems that plague our community. Data Collecting and Mapping. This project began as a Code for America project in Detroit. Tell us about it in the comments. that Caravan Studios and Twilio.org have co-hosted.