About Neighborhood Nexus
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Neighborhood Nexus is a regional information system, providing data, tools and expertise as a catalyst to create opportunity for all of the region’s citizens. Our goal is to support a regional network of information-led leaders and residents, government and businesses, advocates and service providers with information, tools and expertise that meet challenges, leverage assets and create opportunity. Neighborhood Nexus was created in 2009 to bring better data to the thousands of decision-makers throughout metro Atlanta. Rapid change in the Atlanta area drives the need for more and better information. Despite significant research expertise in the metro area, there is a gap in affordable, accurate neighborhood-level data that is compiled in one place and updated on a regular basis. |
What We Do |
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Consulting and Technical AssistanceNeighborhood Nexus' strength is its partnerships - we have a lot of technical and practical expertise at our disposal. In addition to our core partners and our Advisory Board, we are constantly making new connections with community, neighborhood, business, government and university partners. Of course, our main area of expertise is data, but we have access to so much more. Click here to read some testimonials. |
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Dynamic DashboardOne of the reasons we think developing a data-centric organization like Neighborhood Nexus is so important is that without baseline data, how do we know if we are spending our limited resources in the right way? A dashboard allows you to track the data that is most important to you. Whether the dashboard compares your community to some other, relevant community, or whether you need something to compare progress over time, Neighborhood Nexus can customize a dashboard for both these purposes, and more. Below are a couple of examples of dashboards that Neighborhood Nexus and one of our core partners, the Atlanta Regional Commission, have built. |
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Asset MappingOne of the most requested products Neighborhood Nexus receives is for an asset map. Let's face it - people working in neighborhoods day-in and day-out already know what the problems are and where they are. What they need to know and would like to show others is what organization is providing what service where. In other words, they need a map of service providers. This way, they can compare the data (i.e. food stamp recipients) to the assets (i.e. grocery stores) and determine if a gap exists. We are currently developing a region-wide asset map. We hope to have it live in January. Click here to see an example of an asset map of the Atlanta Promise Neighborhoods.
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Interactive Mapping in WeaveNeighborhood Nexus is a member of a national consortium called the Open Indicators Consortium, a group dedicated to finding new ways to interactive and visualize data, all in an open source platform. Simply providing data on a website is not enough. Visualizing data and telling your own stories with the data are key. While Weave is designed more for the data and technologically savvy individual, it is a feature-rich way to explore neighborhood trends and gain a deeper understanding of the trends and patterns that exist. We can customize Weave for any geography, while maintaining its powerful analytical capabilities. Click here to read a quick users guide for Weave, or explore the platform yourself in on of several "instances" on this site. |
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Reports and ProfilesWhile we live in a digital world, sometimes a one-time, deeper dive into a specific topic is needed. Neighborhood Nexus can draw on a wealth of expertise through our partnerships and collaborations with the academic community. We also intend to post any publication that speaks to the health, wealth and wisdom of the Atlanta region, so if you have any suggestions, please send them in. Finally, we also have pre-formatted profiles that do not contain any narrative, but give you a quick look at a lot of data for the county or superdistrict of your choice. Click here to see a report produced by one of our core partners, the Office of University-Community Partnerships (Emory University), about the foreclosure crisis. It was sponsored by the Urban Institute and the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership. |