MassCityStats.org is a website which gives the public access to municipal data for 14 Middle Cities across Massachusetts.
How does a city stack up to others in terms of the quality of its core services? Is the city’s economy growing? Is a school district doing a good job at educating your kids? Since 2008, Pioneer Institute has worked with 14 cities from across Massachusetts by asking over 160 community members and municipal leaders those same questions. They also asked them just how they could measure performance in these critical core service areas. They came up with over 600 suggestions!
With the help of practitioners, experts and academic partners, Pioneer identified the benchmarks that most community members suggested, and paired them with benchmarks that were grounded in research. They then created MassCityStats so members of the public like could access the data most important to them.
What can you do with this data? Become better informed, share it with others, ask your leaders well-formulated questions, and ensure greater accountability in municipal government.
Check out the below video and visit MassCityStats.org to learn more!
MassCityStats from Mike Dean on Vimeo.
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