[Update Dec. 30: The Corkstarter Team has put out a renewed call for supporters to take a few minutes to register and vote for this cool and important project.]
The team behind Loveland and the Imagination Station in Detroit, with whom we collaborate, have a new proposal in to the Knight Foundation's Knight News Challenge that you should support by voting for it. The process is relatively simple: Create an account on the website and rate the proposal.
The project, which will be based in Detroit, will, if funded, open new inroads to thinking about the transformation of community and journalism. The team has been exploring the transformation of Detroit from a major urban center to a shrinking city. This proposal will serve both as a form of urban journalistic empowerment and a means of helping us understand what it means to be part of a community during a time of radical economic collapse. From the proposal:
“Living In The Map: Corkstarter” is a social neighborhood mapping initiative proposed by the Imagination Station (IS) - Detroit’s first independent creative campus. The Motor City is undergoing massive necessary change, and as it evolves it needs to cross the digital divide, get online, become transparent, and listen to the voices of the community. Our project has two essential elements: authentic community engagement and an online social map.
[Vote For: Living in the Map: Corkstarter, Detroit]
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