Archive: February 2008

Asthma by Neighborhood... Almost

inhalerDr. Ruchi Gupta and her colleagues at the Chicago Initiative to Raise Asthma Health Equity have released some amazing research about the widely varying rates of childhood asthma by Chicago neighborhood.

MoveSmart.org Gets Blog Coverage

ReadWriteWeb.com has a great write-up of MoveSmart.org entitled Mashups for Housing Integration. They write, "Think of it as Trulia plus, with a social justice angle, or Zillow for people interested in more than just the price of a house. The idea is that people without a whole lot of money have less access today to in-depth research about the areas in a city they might want to move to.

NetSquared MashUp Challenge

MoveSmart.org has entered the NetSquared MashUp Challenge. The competition, which pairs non-profits and developers to create new and innovative mash-ups, will hopefully lead to the first public - although very basic - version of MoveSmart.org.