Diminshing Fire Threat Through Prevention in Vista, CA
by Robert O’Donnell, GIS Coordinator, City of Vista, California Found seven miles inland from the Pacific Ocean, the City of Vista, California, is a thriving community in northern San Diego County...
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Cityworks in the Community 2017
Huntsman 140 The Huntsman 140 is an annual fundraising road cycling ride in Salt Lake City benefiting Huntsman Cancer Insitute. 100 percent of the funds raised through this ride go to support cancer...
View ArticleOtay Water District: Asset Management Evolution
Since 1956, Otay Water District in Southern California has been a water, recycled water and sewer service provider. Purchasing potable water from the San Diego County Water Authority or the Helix...
View ArticleCreating a Citizen-Engaged PLL Portal for the City of Winston-Salem, NC
The City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, a community rich with historic southern charm and fast-paced urban growth, prides itself on being known as a citizen-engaged community. This distinction...
View ArticleNashville TN: What is a Smarter City?
What is a Smarter City? Technology plays a role in nearly every aspect of the modern urban lives of Nashvillians. But just using technology does not make a city smart… via City of Nashville A smarter...
View ArticleKristen Cox: Achieve Breakthrough Results
Any organization, program, or person can achieve breakthrough results. Kristen Cox knows firsthand the untapped capacity that exists in every aspect of government: its people. From her personal...
View ArticleIt Takes a Village: Using an Enterprise-Wide Approach in AMS Implementation
The Village of Arlington Heights is a progressive and vibrant community nestled in the outskirts of Chicago. But don’t let the classification of “village” fool you—with a population of more than 75,000...
View ArticleCities may benefit from Waze, Esri partnership expansion
Earlier this month, SmartBrief highlighted the Waze Connected Citizens Program, which gives municipalities access to real-time, crowdsourced traffic and road condition data. Thanks to an expanded...
View ArticleThe Web GIS-Centric™ Open Platform
By Brian Haslam, Cityworks president and CEO To effectively manage public assets, you need to know what they are and where they are located. Asset management can only be performed with an accurate...
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Creating the GIS-Centric Connected Community
By Brian Haslam, Cityworks president and CEO It is often said that a smart community is a connected community. Increasingly, a smart community puts GIS at the heart of its technology—a GIS-centric...
View ArticleCounting Assets and Building Maps
It can be difficult to manage your assets when you aren’t sure how many you have. This was once a major issue in West Jordan, Utah. Prior to Cityworks, the city relied on multiple GIS shapefile...
View ArticleGrave Mistakes Prompt New Method of Tracking Cemetery Data
Every city has a cemetery, and every cemetery some kind of system to track plot sales, ownership and tenants. Until recently, the city of Butler, Indiana, tracked cemetery plot sales and management...
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Understanding Infrastructure Risk Assessment
Not all assets are created equal. We know that physical assets degrade over time. As assets deteriorate, operation and maintenance costs increase, and customers experience negative impacts. At some...
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Disaster Preparation and Recovery
Originally published in Civil + Structural Engineer, February 2018 How municipalities prepare for natural disasters has become much more than distributing sandbags, providing emergency shelter, and...
View ArticleIntegrating Independence
When the city fathers of Independence, Missouri, fired up their first power plant in 1901, electrical power was considered leading-edge technology. More than 115 years later, Independence Power and...
View ArticleImproving City Services, One Neighborhood at a Time
We’re kicking off the week at the 2018 ICMA Annual Conference in Baltimore, where local government managers and staff have gathered to discuss strategies for building more resilient, sustainable, and...
View ArticleBuilding a Better Public Asset Pipeline
The flush of a toilet. The whirlpool in a sink drain. The channel of rainwater disappearing underground. Wastewater and stormwater infrastructure plays a critical role in the health and safety of our...
View ArticleAzteca Systems Announces Two Employee Promotions
Cityworks–Azteca Systems, LLC, the leader in GIS-centric public asset management solutions, announced two employee promotions that will position the organization for continued growth and strategic...
View ArticleA Mobile Solution for Code Enforcement
The City of Fayetteville provides services to over 200,000 residents throughout the area. Located in the southern region of North Carolina, Fayetteville neighbors the renowned Fort Bragg U.S. Army...
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Effortless Pipe Inspections Drive Success for OWASA
Each day, in communities across the globe, millions of gallons of water and wastewater travel through underground pipes to be treated, distributed, or consumed. In the U.S. alone, water main breaks...
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