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Submitted by dhakimzadeh on December 13, 2006 - 9:47pm
Social Capital Inc. president David Crowley described the site this way:
a new community website with a searchable, customizable database of community services in Dorchester; blogging tools for individuals and organizations; a calendar of events; and an open space to post anything to have to do with Dorchester--maybe your favorite restaurant or tip for avoiding Dot Ave traffic.
The entire project is similar to one which Agaric Design Collective is helping in Natick, http://mynatick.org/
For the moment though, SCI's project in Dorchester is clearly better funded!
SCI Dorchester is a new initiative to build social capital and civic engagement in Dorchester, focusing on the Fields Corner and Codman Square neighborhoods. SCI has developed a successful model for building social capital in Woburn, and in now expanding its work throughout the Greater Boston area. SCI Dorchester is coordinated through a partnership between Social Capital Inc. (SCI) and DotWell, a Health Services Partnership of Codman Square Health Center and Dorchester House Multi-Service Center, with major funding from the Boston Globe Foundation and the Miller Foundation. This collaboration guarantees high-quality clinical and community services across both sites, addressing health disparities, meeting the complex needs of a changing Dorchester community, and building social capital in and across neighborhoods.
Agaric Design developer Ben Melançon congratulated SCI on the site. He was polite enough not to say we can do all that and then some, but of course we can. (Modesty, on the other hand, costs extra.) SCI Dorchester really is a good example of how to build community:
Professionally, I have to say excellent choice going with the open source Drupal to build the site on!
Personally, http://scidorchester.org/ looks like a great effort, looks like you've done a good job giving people a reason to go there. And the blend of 'we are a foundation' and 'this is a community site' is pulled off brilliantly-- far better than anything I've seen.
Some of the goals are similar to a project spearheaded by Gordon Fowler (without, as yet, foundation support) in the town where I live:
http://MyNatick.org/Hope you're able to help build community. It looks like you've already given people some good reasons to stick around for local news and such. I'd be interested in your thoughts on crosslisting nearby and statewide events and information versus being exclusively local,
and also syndication between sites in one local area.
Social Capital Inc. president David Crowley described the site this way:
a new community website with a searchable, customizable database of community services in Dorchester; blogging tools for individuals and organizations; a calendar of events; and an open space to post anything to have to do with Dorchester--maybe your favorite restaurant or tip for avoiding Dot Ave traffic.
The entire project is similar to one which Agaric Design Collective is helping in Natick, http://mynatick.org/
For the moment though, SCI's project in Dorchester is clearly better funded!
SCI Dorchester is a new initiative to build social capital and civic engagement in Dorchester, focusing on the Fields Corner and Codman Square neighborhoods. SCI has developed a successful model for building social capital in Woburn, and in now expanding its work throughout the Greater Boston area. SCI Dorchester is coordinated through a partnership between Social Capital Inc. (SCI) and DotWell, a Health Services Partnership of Codman Square Health Center and Dorchester House Multi-Service Center, with major funding from the Boston Globe Foundation and the Miller Foundation. This collaboration guarantees high-quality clinical and community services across both sites, addressing health disparities, meeting the complex needs of a changing Dorchester community, and building social capital in and across neighborhoods.
Agaric Design developer Ben Melançon congratulated SCI on the site. He was polite enough not to say we can do all that and then some, but of course we can. (Modesty, on the other hand, costs extra.) SCI Dorchester really is a good example of how to build community:
Professionally, I have to say excellent choice going with the open source Drupal to build the site on!
Personally, http://scidorchester.org/ looks like a great effort, looks like you've done a good job giving people a reason to go there. And the blend of 'we are a foundation' and 'this is a community site' is pulled off brilliantly-- far better than anything I've seen.
Some of the goals are similar to a project spearheaded by Gordon Fowler (without, as yet, foundation support) in the town where I live:
http://MyNatick.org/Hope you're able to help build community. It looks like you've already given people some good reasons to stick around for local news and such. I'd be interested in your thoughts on crosslisting nearby and statewide events and information versus being exclusively local,
and also syndication between sites in one local area.
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