Louisiana’s Department of Children and Family Services deploys more than $1 billion annually to provide nutritional aid and support economic stability for the state’s most vulnerable populations. They partnered with UrbanFootprint to use machine-learning data insights to make their outreach smarter, equitable, and more effective.
UrbanFootprint’s innovative approach to addressing food insecurity and the SNAP Gap through data and technology provides us with powerful data insights to budget resources efficiently, distribute food benefits effectively, and engage communities that are most in need.
Shavana Howard, Assistant Secretary for Family Support at DCFS
UrbanFootprint gives me the necessary tools to bring into meetings and show prioritization visually, empowering open discussion with all relevant stakeholders—asset management, real time-operations, field ops planning—and achieve buy-in in real time.
Elizabeth Cook, General Manager, Advanced Grid Solutions
To build long-term resilience, DLC partnered with UrbanFootprint to help modernize their systems and approach to community and infrastructure planning.
To meet the challenge of COVID-19 and prepare for similar crises in the future, the Center for Planning Excellence (CPEX), a non-profit organization that drives urban, rural, and regional planning efforts in Louisiana, partnered with UrbanFootprint to help policy makers and relief providers prioritize resources and inform equitable interventions.
As Mayor, it is my belief that all decisions should be data driven. Access to the type of hyper-local, dynamic data provided by the COVID-19 Recovery Insights Platform will be valuable in my efforts to develop targeted strategies that address areas of greatest need throughout East Baton Rouge Parish.
Sharon Weston Broome, Mayor-President of Baton Rouge, LA
UrbanFootprint is the perfect tool for the job we do. We’re able to create numerous land use scenarios, measure the impacts and benefits, and easily share the results with our community members and let them decide based on the outcomes. It’s extremely important for us to empower them as decision makers.
Ryan Beck, Vice President of Planning
In anticipation of Utah County’s projected growth of one million people by 2065, Envision Utah used UrbanFootprint to power a streamlined and data-driven community planning initiative.
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When it comes to scenario planning for climate action plans, UrbanFootprint provides an excellent shorthand for imagining multiple future scenarios and comparing their environmental performance.
Jason King, Principal & Senior Project Director
We find UrbanFootprint to be extremely helpful in the proposal process. With comprehensive data coverage, you can create insightful maps with very minimal effort. The client is always surprised to see that you have such detailed data before you even have a contract.
Alex Steinberger, Partner
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DPZ
DPZ is a world-renowned urban planning and design firm. Founded in 1980 by Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, two founding members of the Congress for New Urbanism, DPZ’s work is dedicated to creating environmentally resilient and economically thriving places. The DPZ team brings nearly 40 years of experience and expertise to planning projects at every level; from large-scale regional plans to the detailed nuances of regulatory zoning and code reform.
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning houses top-tier programs in architecture, urban design, and urban planning. In keeping with the school’s high academic standards, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning Robert Goodspeed turned to UrbanFootprint to bring cutting-edge data science and planning technology into the classroom.
Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments
AMBAG joined UrbanFootprint’s free California Civic program this year to enhance the planning process for the upcoming Metropolitan Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (MTP/SCS).
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