Who Uses Community Center

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

County Governments

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

Here are some County web sites that currently use Community Center^TM:

• 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^TM web site make it an ideal choice for small governments that know they need a web site, but have limited funding available. As citizen participation improves, a Community Center^TM web site can be expanded to meet many needs.

Here are some local government web sites that use Community Center^TM:

• 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
• Resort Township, Emmet County, MI
• Garfield Township, Grand Traverse County, MI
• City of Oronoco, MN
• City of Pine Island, MN
• City of New Baltimore, MI
• City of New Buffalo, MI

Regional Planning and Economic Development Organizations

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

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

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

Environmental Organizations

Community Center^TM 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^TM 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^TM 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^TM to develop data and mapping intensive web sites:

• Michigan Townships Association
• Michigan Association of Planning
• Northwest Michigan CSA Farms
• US-12 Heritage Trail
• Americana Foundation
• Michigan Writers
• Traverse Children's House