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LVEJO's Geographic Information System (G.I.S.) Campaign

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Supporting Open Space Campaign July 2005

LVEJO began a Geographic Information System (GIS) program in 1998. For two years neighborhood college and high school youth worked with a geography graduate student to inventory each land parcel in South Lawndale. Adults and youth worked together to then learn how to enter data into our computers using ArcView GIS. 150 blocks of our community were inventoried and mapped. In 2002 LVEJO became the only CBO in the state to be awarded a 2 year Illinois EPA visioning grant. Since 2000 we have developed an information technology (IT) program, which now includes training of youth and adult IT leaders. In 2003 we began our adult and youth leadership program, which has grown to 40 people and includes asset based community development (ABCD) training.