Who Uses Community Center

Community Center^TM is a website platform that can be set to many purposes. Below are listed some of the types of organizations and applications that take advantage of Community Center.

County Governments

Integrated mapping and map searches, such as parcel data searches, make Community Center perfect for County Government uses. In addition, the breadth of information and participation that Community Center can host make it ideal as a community building tool in areas the size of a county.

Here are some county websites that currently use Community Center:

• Antrim County, MI
• Charlevoix County, MI
• Hillsdale County, MI
• Kalkaska County, MI
• Leelanau County, MI
• Manistee County, MI (parcels)
• Marquette County, MI
• Mason County, MI (parcels)
• Montcalm County, MI
• St. Clair County, MI Planning
• VanBuren County, MI
• Todd County, MN
• Wexford County Maps

Local Governments

The low cost of starting a Community Center website makes it an ideal choice for small governments that know they need a website, but have limited funding available. As citizen participation improves, a Community Center website can be expanded to meet many needs.

Here are some local government websites that use Community Center:

• Mundy Township, Genesee County, MI
• Whitewater Township, Grand Traverse County, MI
• East Bay Township, Grand Traverse County, MI
• Rutland Township, Barry County, MI
• Dundee Township, Monroe County, MI
• Garfield Township, Grand Traverse County, MI
• City of Pine Island, MN
• City of New Baltimore, MI
• City of New Buffalo, MI

Regional Planning and Economic Development Organizations

Community Center is a great platform for distributing information across a wide geographic region.

Here are some Community Center sites used by organizations responsible for regional planning and economic development:

• Genesee County Land Bank
• HARBOR, Inc.
• Northwest Michigan Council of Governments
• Southwest Michigan Planning Commission

Environmental Organizations

Community Center can also serve as a data distribution platform, either through maps or text. Environmental organizations often manage large volumes of data.

Take a look at these Community Center sites created by environmental organizations:

• Listening to the River
• Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay
• Upper Peninsula Resource Conservation and Development Council
• Marquette County Conservation District
• Les Cheneaux Watershed Project
• Northwest Michigan River Restoration

Human Service Organizations

The Internet is quickly becoming an inexpensive means for people in need to find help. These human services organizations use Community Center to distribute information to their staffs, volunteers and clients:

• Cuyahoga County, OH Mapping for Caseworkers - Developed as an intranet application, this link displays a functioning, but not updated, version of the application.
• Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency
• Fresh Food Partnership

Other Organizations

Here are a few samples of other organizations that have used Community Center to develop data and mapping intensive websites:

• Michigan Townships Association
• Michigan Association of Planning
• Northwest Michigan CSA Farms
• US-23 Huron Shores Heritage Route (NEW!)
• US-12 Heritage Trail
• Americana Foundation
• Traverse Children's House