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Compilation and Analysis of Existing Vision Statements for Jacksonville and Northeast Florida, p. 5. 22 J. BENJAMIN WARNER 30. Jacksonville Community Council Inc. ) Meeting summary of the Indicators for Progress Steering Committee, p. 1. 31. A. (1985). Letter to E. William Nash, President, Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce. In Life in Jacksonville: Quality Indicators for Progress, p. 1. J. BENJAMIN WARNER, Associate Director, Jacksonville Community Council Inc. org Indicators as a Structural Framework for Social Change CHARLOTTE KAHN Director, The Boston Indicators Project, The Boston Foundation Introduction In the Greater Boston citistate, known in the 19th century as the “Athens of America,” it should be easy, in the Information Age, to locate good local data about things that matter.
In addition to its biennial report, the project’s website includes posting of new research by sector, regular updates, and upgrades to the online version of the report. 30 CHARLOTTE KAHN Nested Geography One organizing principle of the Boston Indicators system is geographic, with the goal of organizing data within a “nesting” geographic framework—from the subneighborhood, neighborhood, citywide, metropolitan, regional, statewide, national, and in a few cases, even global levels. For example, each sector’s framework of indicators begins with a goal and measure that reference a regional perspective, such as, in the economy sector, comparative competitiveness measures at the state level.
S. Census Region 2004 FY1991– 2005 FY1991– 2005 2004 Line chart Map Bar chart Bar chart Bar chart Line chart Line chart Line chart Pie 35 MBTA revenues by source Massachusetts transportation expenditures by agency Region A FRAMEWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE Vehicular greenhouse gas emissions On-time performance of MBTA bus routes Motor vehicle registrations, City of Boston and Boston region Distribution of households by car ownership Vehicle miles traveled by roadway type CO2 emissions by source 36 CHARLOTTE KAHN Boston Redevelopment Authority, with live links as appropriate to other sources of high-quality data at each level.
