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GIS Day This week, on November 15th, the world celebrated GIS Day, a day to celebrate, network, and learn about Geographic Information Systems and geography. BNIA-JFI celebrated the day at …

For the last year, I have been working at BNIA-JFI on an effort to localize the UN’s newly-adopted 2030 Sustainable Development Goals to the Baltimore context. The SDGs comprise of …

My internship with the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance (BNIA-JFI) has been full of eventful surprises since my start in January 2015. I have been exposed to working directly with community …

What Happened in Baltimore and What Can We Do? A Neighborhood’s Perspective offers a clear set of data-driven objectives for community organizations, non-profits, elected officials and all stakeholders to work together …

On the Baltimore Data Day 2015, participants on and off-campus told us how they use the Vital Signs data that the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance releases every year. Baltimore Data …

Part of a Global Effort to Achieve Newly Adopted Sustainable Development Goals November 6, 2015 Contact: University Relations Phone: 410.837.5739 The University of Baltimore, its College of Public Affairs and …

The Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance-Jacob France Institute has released a series of reports—“Grow Baltimore: Who’s Moving, Where and Why”—which offers details about factors that influence population trends in the city. …

As we all locally and globally attempt to come to terms with what is currently happening in our Baltimore neighborhoods, I wanted to point many of you to the media …

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced Grow Baltimore in December 2011 with the goal of increasing Baltimore City’s population by 10,000 new households by 2020. BNIA-JFI has prepared a 3-part series of …

The Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance – Jacob France Institute has been working with the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice to provide data analysis and evaluation services for the Byrne Criminal …