the mySidewalk Team

the mySidewalk Team

Healthy, thriving communities start with great data. That's why we’ve built the world’s most comprehensive community data library to power our tools, with over 4 billion data points formatted for purpose, organized, and ready to use—all in one place.

Posts by the mySidewalk Team

Release Notes Roundup: August

At mySidewalk we are always working hard to improve our software and make your life easier. We’re constantly baking up features and enhancements, big and small, and we want to make sure you get them while they’re fresh. The monthly roundup dives into what we’ve been working on for the …

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A Prescription for Healing: The Navajo County CHIP Story

Everyone Deserves to Be Healthy Navajo County is located in the northern part of Arizona. A primarily rural county that’s larger than the state of Maryland, it is home to parts of the Hopi Indian reservation, the Navajo Nation, and Fort Apache Indian Reservation. In addition to tribal …

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Monrovia, CA Is Reaching Fire and Rescue Goals with mySidewalk

What gets measured gets managed. With its roots dating to a small, all volunteer department founded in 1906 (later formalized as a City Department in 1910), Monrovia Fire & Rescue now serves the 36000+ residents of Monrovia, CA. Nestled in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountain …

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On Power and Pigeons: State Health Data Portals Ranked

I’ve spent the last 15 minutes or so debating in my head whether the term is HOMING pigeon or HONING pigeon. On one hand, homing makes sense because you are letting the pigeon go only to come home again on his own. On the other hand, honing makes sense because the pigeon is honing in …

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Performance Improvement: How to Set the Right Emergency Response Goals

An unfortunate reality of emergency response is that your response time will never be “fast enough.” No matter how fast your crew is, to those in the middle of an emergency, you can always be faster. But this reality doesn’t have to limit you. It gives you the opportunity to pursue co …

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Release Notes Roundup: July

At mySidewalk we are always working hard to improve our software and make your life easier. We’re constantly baking up features and enhancements, big and small, and we want to make sure you get them while they’re fresh. Our Release Notes Roundup dives into what we’ve been working on f …

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mySidewalk Introduces Drawing Tools

Starting today, you can create a custom boundary directly in mySidewalk using our Drawing Tool feature. When we asked our customers what more they want from mySidewalk, they said that they wanted to be able to draw their own boundaries on a map. We took that feedback and created a dra …

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