Hundreds of thousands of Sanborn maps mapped the fire risk of every US city with over 1,000 people in the 20th century.

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It’s a cliche of management that if you don’t measure something, you can’t manage it. But it’s true. And it applies as much to communities as it does to multinational corporations. The video above is ...

A Penn State researcher testing a new way to assess tobacco use with a neighborhood mapping platform and in-person interviews has found that community engagement is key to addressing risky health ...

Mayor Chris Beutler said the Stronger Safer Neighborhoods initiative has undertaken a grant-funded project to detail the condition of every property in an area south of the Capitol. The 48-block area ...