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Economic Development

Supporting the 2024 AANHPI National Unity Summit

Posted on by Diane Trif | ArcGIS Dashboards, ArcGIS Experience Builder, ArcGIS Online, Community, Culture, Economic Development, GIS, Media, Mobile, Nonprofit/NGO, Survey123

Blue Raster supported the Asian American Unity Coalition (AAUC) at the 2024 AANHPI Unity Summit in Washington, D.C., focusing on civic engagement and advocacy for key issues like immigration and civil rights. Our team helped amplify AAPI voices by utilizing ArcGIS technology to drive change and enhance community engagement. Learn how Blue Raster’s commitment to “GIS for Good” plays a crucial role in fostering unity and creating impactful solutions for underrepresented communities.  Read More

Revitalizing Main Street: Tracking Community Opportunities with BOOMS Tracker

Posted on by Diane Trif | ArcGIS Dashboards, ArcGIS Experience Builder, ArcGIS Hub, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS StoryMaps, ArcGIS Urban, Community, Development, Economic Development, Esri, GIS, Infrastructure, Nonprofit/NGO, State & Local

Discover how Blue Raster supports Main Street America with the BOOMS Tracker, a property inventory tool designed to revitalize historic commercial districts. Using advanced geospatial technologies like ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Hub Premium, the BOOMS Tracker helps local leaders collect and analyze data on housing, businesses, and civic spaces, identifying development opportunities to drive community growth. Learn how our innovative solutions can enhance your projects and foster economic vitality. Contact Blue Raster today to get started!.  Read More

Building Bridges to Progress: The Inter-American Development Bank’s HIT Platform for Infrastructure and Transport

Posted on by Chigo Ibeh | Transportation, ArcGIS Dashboards, ArcGIS Online, Development, Economic Development, GIS, Infrastructure

Blue Raster has collaborated with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to develop the Hub de Integracion de Transporte (HIT) Platform, a groundbreaking initiative that serves as a regional infrastructure and transport hub, consolidating and presenting crucial information layers for effective planning and decision-making.  Read More

Advancing Sustainable Development in West Africa: A Geospatial Toolkit for Monitoring SDG Goals

Posted on by Chigo Ibeh | ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Desktop, Conservation, Development, Economic Development, Forest, SDG, Sustainable Development Goals

Blue Raster partnered with the Biospheric Sciences Lab at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and MIT Media Lab to develop a desktop-based geospatial toolkit for calculating and reporting key indicators within Goal 15 of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.  Read More

Mekong Monitor – Providing Vital Insight for River-dependent Communities

Posted on by Chigo Ibeh | Environment, Amazon Web Services, ArcGIS for Server, ArcGIS Hub, Climate, Economic Development, Federal, Infrastructure, Mobile, Water

Blue Raster developed the Mekong Dam Monitor to provide unprecedented transparency of the flow of water and conditions of dams and reservoirs along the Mekong River. Using satellite data as well as weather and water gauge data, the monitor provides visibility into what is happening upstream, giving a comprehensive near-real time view of the current state of the Mekong basin along with historic conditions. This allows people all along the river and those advocating for more equitable and sustainable use of the river to understand and plan for changes in the levels of the river.  Read More

Esri Nonprofit Specialty: Enabling Nonprofits to Use GIS for Greater Impact

Posted on by Piper Conrad | Nonprofit/NGO, Community, Conservation, Disaster Response, Economic Development, Esri, GIS, Health, Human Rights, Public Gardens, Sustainable Development Goals

Blue Raster is a proud member of the Esri Nonprofit Specialty. Partners in the Nonprofit Specialty are recognized for their alignment with and their knowledge and expertise of Esri’s Nonprofit Organization Program.  Read More

Keeping Sacramento Moving

Posted on by Christopher Gabris | Transportation, Economic Development, Infrastructure, Mobile, State & Local

Engineering firm Fehr & Peers worked with the city of Sacramento to prioritize and develop plans. They turned to trusted partner, Blue Raster, to develop a portal that could capture all of the needed input in a user-friendly way. The team developed a one page interface that asked citizen to rank potential projects in terms of their importance. The mobile-first design ensured people would be able to access the site on their preferred device. Transportation officials can view the collected input in dashboards for a quick view of the community’s priorities.  Read More

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