Recent Projects

Organization:             Department of Children and Youth Services, City of Chicago Project:                       Development of Citywide Program and Participant Tracking System for Out-of-School Time efforts

Organization:             City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana Project:                       Development of application requirements and Request for Proposal for the development and implementation of an AVL system for the City/County Fleet

Organization:             State of Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) Project:                       Development of a needs assessment, strategic plan, implementation strategy and implementation support for IDOT

Organization:             Department of Children and Youth Services, City of Chicago Project:                       Development of an IT strategy that will support the department programs

Organization:             Enterprise Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio Project:                       Development of a framework/strategy for coalition of non-profits to provide low income tax counseling services

The Enterprise Foundation is a national non-profit organization that focuses on the social and economic redevelopment of urban areas.  The Enterprise Foundation along with the Cleveland Legal Aid Society, United Way and other local non-profits have worked to develop a framework for establishing a more comprehensive program for providing tax-counseling services especially focused on the Earned Income Tax Credit, within Cuyahoga County. The goal is to increase the number of County residents receiving the tax credit and to help alleviate poverty in the County.  Work has included the development and implementation of the program strategy as well as the implementation of technology to help manage the coalition. The Coalition website can be found at www.refundohio.org.

Organization:             Department of Planning and Development, City of Shaker Heights, OH           Project:                       Project Planner for Recreation and Leisure Assessment

Supported Planning Director and Director of Community Life to develop a Recreation and Leisure Assessment to gather community input and desires for short, medium and long-term initiatives and facilities for recreation and leisure within Shaker Heights.  Coordinated public meetings managing the Taskforce for Recreation and Leisure appointed by the Mayor, and worked with hired consultants to develop the Recreation Study.  Supported the Horseshoe Lake Master Plan developing a Request for Proposal for the Shaker Swimming Pool and Recreational Center. Grant research and writing for additional funding for recreation projects.

Organization:             Office of Information Technology, State of Ohio Project:                       Development for a Strategy for Implementing Grant Writing Program for Technology Project

Strategic Urban Solutions worked with the Project Office within the Office of Information Technology to develop a strategy for implementing grant research and writing into their annual project planning and budgeting process.  The goal is to incorporate these grant research functions into the organizational process and hopefully increase the amount of grant funding received by the State for technology projects.

Organization:             Auditor’s Office, Wayne County Ohio Project:                       Development of Strategic/Operational Plan for GIS

The goal of this project is to develop a GIS Strategic Plan that will document the current workflows in the Auditor’s office, the GIS data needed for the office and how GIS can be integrated into the Auditor’s daily work environment. 

Organization:             Office of Demographics and Planning, Chicago Public Schools Project:                       Development of Strategic/Operational Plan for GIS and ArcIMS Prototype

The Department of Capital Programming and Demographics requested a GIS Strategic Plan be written for the Chicago Public Schools to help define what departments needed for map creation and spatial analysis, to help guide the development of data and applications, to propose a GIS organizational structure and hardware/software architecture that would meet the goals of implementing a GIS system across the CPS administrative offices and into the schools themselves. 

Organization:             Department of Information Services, Chicago Housing Authority Project:                       Development of Strategic/Operational Plan for GIS

The Chicago Housing Authority’s (CHA) Information Technology Services Division (ITS) has been working to improve, integrate and automate more of the processes at the CHA so technology can help with their multiyear Plan for Transformation to improve public housing in the City of Chicago.  One way that ITS fulfills its mission, is through the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology.  For the last three (3) years, ITS has begun to build the foundations of a GIS system for use by all CHA departments.    In order to realize the potential of GIS within the CHA as an organization, a GIS Strategic Plan was developed to help put into operation an enterprise GIS for the CHA.