Matthew Leger
Advancing Financial Empowerment in Lansing
January 19, 2023 Economic Mobility In 2012, Jonathan Mintz launched the Cities for Financial Empowerment (CFE) Fund, a 501c(3) corporation with a mission to “leverage municipal engagement to improve the financial stability of low and moderate income...
GIS Enables Collaborative Infrastructure Investments in Normal, Illinois
December 15, 2022 Data Visualization From the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), an unprecedented amount of federal funding is flowing down to municipalities in the US...
Map Monday: Public Participation in Housing Plan Updates
November 28, 2022 Data visualization Map: Balancing Act, Fairfax California Geographic Area: Fairfax, California Year Published: 2022 Goal: Leverage map-based simulation tool to encourage public participation/engagement in housing plan update...
Rebuilding Trust in Local Government: Engaging Marginalized Communities in Redistricting
September 6, 2022 City Administration Following yet another contentious redistricting cycle, city, county, state, and federal legislative maps have been redrawn across the United States. Stories of court battles, political maneuvering, power grabs, and...
Trust in Local Government: Privacy-by-Design in NYC
August 23, 2022 City Administration Local government earns trust when it performs critical services well. But trust depends on more than just the results—it also means residents have confidence in the steps it took to get there. And therein lies the irony...
