M.A.P.S Alberta Capital Region

COMMUNITY MAPPING
WHAT IS COMMUNITY MAPPING?
The United Way of Alberta Capital Region and the City of Edmonton are funding community mapping as a method of enhancing partnerships. Community mapping is the process of depicting visually what is happening in a given community. There are five (5) phases in the community mapping process.
Joint Commitment: members agree on a common purpose; boundaries are defined and agreement is reached on what the group wishes to accomplish together Creating Community Profile: information is gathered about the community; the information is mapped and; the maps are supplemented with narratives Community Engagement: others are invited to review the community profile created; as agreed, the profile is revised and/or enhanced; community needs, strengths, gaps and resources are identified and; an action plan is created Action: the action plan is implemented Reflection: successes and challenges in working together are identified and documented; successes and challenges in achieving expected outcomes are identified and documented. And the cycle starts again with a discussion regarding ongoing joint committment to planning together
WHAT ARE LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (LAN)?
A Local Area Network (LAN) is a group of human service providers, working in a defined geographical area, who are committed to working collaboratively. Each LAN progresses differently in their development and in order to track the process each LAN undertakes to improve service delivery to children and families within their community, we create a LAN profile. As part of their process, some LAN's have produced a community resource directory. Below is a listing of the LAN's working within the Alberta Capital Region. You may view profiles, resource directories and over 500 maps by going to the Local Area Networks tab.


Pictures taken at the Geographically based community mapping group meeting on February 02, 2007.

Community Connect (also known as "Edmonton City Centre")
Edmonton Public Library
Edmonton Public School Board
Interagency Head Start Network
Leduc Regional Community Partnership Enhancement Committee
Mill Woods Community Mapping and Beyond Committee
Multicultural Health Brokers Cooperative (M.C.H.B.)
North Central Edmonton Community Mapping Committee
North East Edmonton Mapping and Action Team (N.E.M.A.T.)
Old Strathcona Collaborative Planning Committee
Parkland and Area Community Partnership Committee
St. Albert Strategy & Mobilization Initiative (S.A.M.)
South East Edmonton Mapping & Planning Committee
South West Edmonton Mapping & Planning Committee
Strathcona County Partnership Committee
Sturgeon/Fort Saskatchewan Community Partnership Committee
West Edmonton Mapping and Planning Committee (WEMAP)

Regional LAN Map	Edmonton LAN Map

All M.A.P.S. efforts are directed towards the achievement of our vision which is 'a more comprehensive, accessible continuum of human services to support children, youth, families and communities in their healthy development.'

Human Service provider collaborations working towards this end are eligible to receive support free of charge. Support can include facilitation of processes, creating maps of social information provided, planning and skill building.

M.A.P.S. Alberta Capital Region endeavours to increase access to demographic maps by making them available on our "Maps Gallery" page. Feel free to browse and download any of the maps that are of interest to you.