City of Baltimore - File #: 12-0059R

• File #: 12-0059R
• Version: 0
• Name: Vital Signs: Measuring Progress Towards a Better Quality of Life in Every Neighborhood
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 7/16/2012
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 7/16/2012
• Title: Vital Signs: Measuring Progress Towards a Better Quality of Life in Every Neighborhood FOR the purpose of endorsing the Vital Signs project, an initiative of the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance – Jacob France Institute of the University of Baltimore. The purpose of the Vital Signs Project is to use indicators to promote, support, and help people make data-driven decisions to improve the quality of life in Baltimore City neighborhoods. These indicators reflect the diverse conditions of neighborhoods and provide the basis for a system of tracking progress toward a shared vision and agreed-upon outcomes that will result in stronger neighborhoods, improved quality of life, and a thriving City. In 2012, the Alliance released Vital Signs 10, which marks a decade’s worth of neighborhood indicators that can be used to both measure success and serve as an input into planning the City’s future.
• Sponsors: William H. Cole, IV, President Young, Carl Stokes, James B. Kraft, Warren Branch, Bill Henry, William "Pete" Welch, Brandon M. Scott, Edward Reisinger, Mary Pat Clarke
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/16/2012	0	City Council	Introduced
7/16/2012	0	City Council	Advanced to 2nd Reader on same day
7/16/2012	0	City Council	Adopted

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Cole

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Vital Signs: Measuring Progress Towards a Better Quality of Life in Every Neighborhood

FOR the purpose of endorsing the Vital Signs project, an initiative of the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance – Jacob France Institute of the University of Baltimore. The purpose of the Vital Signs Project is to use indicators to promote, support, and help people make data-driven decisions to improve the quality of life in Baltimore City neighborhoods. These indicators reflect the diverse conditions of neighborhoods and provide the basis for a system of tracking progress toward a shared vision and agreed-upon outcomes that will result in stronger neighborhoods, improved quality of life, and a thriving City. In 2012, the Alliance released Vital Signs 10, which marks a decade’s worth of neighborhood indicators that can be used to both measure success and serve as an input into planning the City’s future.
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For more than 10 years, the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance-Jacob France Institute have been committed to enabling well-informed decision-making for neighborhood change, using accurate, reliable, and accessible data and information for improving the quality of life in Baltimore City neighborhoods. Along wit...