SAVI Online Magazine, June 2016 | Page 7

its partners. To ensure we hit the mark, we invited an advisory committee of organizations such as Mapleton Fall Creek Community Development Corporation (CDC), King Park CDC, United Way, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), and Plan 2020 staff to guide the development of the tool.” “SAVI has always allowed you to look at data through the lens of geography and place” said Kandris. “IndyVitals makes it much easier to look at the data through other lenses as well without having to mine through SAVI’s expansive database. It allows you to easily explore disparities across race groups, genders, education levels, income levels, and geography. You also get simpler views of the data, such as bar charts and trend lines.” Bar Graph Compares Neighborhood to County, Metro Area, and State “As our community development system evolves from a peanut-butter approach, where we spread limited resources evenly everywhere, to the point it’s too thin to taste, IndyVitals will allow all community development partners to look at a neighborhood, see the same story, and respond to the specific needs of each neighborhood in a way that is much more targeted and more relevant to the needs of residents,” Co-Manager of Plan 2020 Beaubien commented. “It’s not only a way to measure the progress of our collective impact partnership, it’s a way to coordinate the actions of the collective partners through data.” Join Us as SAVI Talks! IndyVitals Mark your calendar for Thursday, June 30, from 7:45-