The Smart Community Initiative
MISSION
The Smart Community Initiative
MISSION
Our mission is to provide technology training, innovative wireless services, applications, consultation and technical resources to community organizations, resident associations and other grass-roots not-for-profit groups to advance the use of digital and broadband communications technology to connect, protect, and improve the quality of life for residents in our communities.
We partner and collaborate with local not-for profits, community-based technology organizations, anchor institutions, emergency preparedness and communications professionals and other local organizations to bring innovative training and technology solutions, including wireless applications and services, to residents that impact basic quality of life issues and concerns, as defined by our partners and collaborators.
Who We Are
Who We Are
We are a dedicated team of community technology professionals with decades of experience in communications infrastructure development and operation, media content creation and distribution, and on-the-ground technology resource development, training and education.
Strategic Problem Solving
Strategic Problem Solving
With more than 30 years of experience in the field, and roots in the very communities and constituencies which we serve, we know how to bring innovation and creativity to develop technology-based solutions that meet your needs.
The key to our approach is total and complete collaboration with our partner clients, where they define the problem and participate in the development of the technology solutions.
Quality of Life
A resident leader came to us with a problem where seniors were afraid to come into the lobby of their building. Solution: Install
Virtual Tenant Patrol
cameras visible by ALL residents over their smart phones and tablets
Public Health Emergency
During the first several months of the COVID-19 pandemic, resident leaders had no way to monitor and communicate about the status of isolated seniors... Solution: Create a mobile radio network of community first responders to monitor and report on at-risk residents
Personal Safety Issue
A concerned mother came to her resident leader about an unidentified adult that was stalking her daughter. The resident leader retrieved the recording from the building camera that she controlled and successfully identified the person for the authorities.
Here's what folks have to say about us
“So I found these genius local guys,the Digital Divide Partnership. They set up the cameras so you could see the feed on smart phones and computers. They also put Wi-Fi in the building running off a solar panel for free. It was fantastic..”
John Johnson, Former President Mott Haven Houses - The Bronx, NY
“We needed a way to communicate with our residents directly. And we needed a way for residents to talk with each other. The Smart Community Initiative and their technology partners created a streaming radio station for us right in the basement of our housing development.”
Carlton Davis, Former President Grant Houses Resident Association - Harlem, NY
