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Method: ACS 2024 five-year tract estimates joined to official TIGERweb tract geography.

What it cannot tell us: Estimates describe areas, not individuals. Household income is not wealth and does not show assets or debt.

Review schedule: Quarterly and at each ACS release

Method: Official district geometry matched to the current Common Council directory.

What it cannot tell us: This shows formal Common Council representation only, not every institution or person with influence.

Review schedule: Monthly and after representation changes

Method: Official county municipal boundary geometry simplified for interactive display.

What it cannot tell us: Boundaries show jurisdiction, not neighborhood identity or lived community boundaries.

Review schedule: Twice yearly

Method: Official school locations and directory details mapped by address and coordinates.

What it cannot tell us: This does not yet include every private, independent charter, choice, or suburban school serving Milwaukee families.

Review schedule: Monthly during the school year

Method: The platform currently links to the official report portal while school-level import rules are developed.

What it cannot tell us: Report-card measures are not yet displayed on the map and should be interpreted with students, families, and educators.

Review schedule: Monthly and at each report-card release

Method: Official library and polling-place point layers combined for the civic-place overlay.

What it cannot tell us: Polling assignments can change. Voters must confirm their assigned location before voting.

Review schedule: Monthly; polling places before every election

Method: Date, location, and source are checked before a meeting appears on the map.

What it cannot tell us: County, MPS, neighborhood, and community-hosted meetings are not yet comprehensively represented.

Review schedule: Daily

Method: Current listings with specific addresses are geocoded and checked against their public source.

What it cannot tell us: These points are a verified selection and do not represent every Milwaukee activity.

Review schedule: Daily

Method: Official station coordinates are paired with the current MFD firehouse directory for addresses, battalions, apparatus, special teams, and housed divisions.

What it cannot tell us: A marker shows a facility and what MFD lists as housed there. It does not promise a walk-in service, identify the responding company, or estimate response time. Call 911 for an emergency.

Review schedule: Monthly and after MFD facility or unit changes

Method: Official MPD station GIS points are paired with district maps and the current department contact directory.

What it cannot tell us: Stations are not live officer locations, and the nearest building is not always the district serving an address. Call 911 for emergencies or 414-933-4444 for Milwaukee police non-emergencies.

Review schedule: Monthly and after district or contact changes

Method: Direct founder and investor pages are checked for stage, geography, application path, current activity, and source authority. SEC filings and public-program records support accountability.

What it cannot tell us: An investor directory is not a promise of funding. Check current thesis, stage, eligibility, terms, deadlines, and whether a firm is actively deploying capital before relying on a listing.

Review schedule: Weekly for applications and programs, monthly for firm strategy

Method: Each source has a stable owner, direct link, authority type, audience, geography, priority, access format, and monitoring cadence.

What it cannot tell us: This is a maintained watchlist, not proof that every informal, new, or offline community source has been found.

Review schedule: Continuous, daily, weekly, monthly, or at release according to source urgency

Method: Listings are normalized, deduplicated, source-linked, date-checked, and withheld when expired or unconfirmed.

What it cannot tell us: No public scan can prove that every Milwaukee opportunity is included. Small organizations need a submission path.

Review schedule: Daily and weekly by source type

Method: Indicator definitions and appropriate comparisons are being reviewed before publication.

What it cannot tell us: The current public map uses household income and must not be described as a complete measure of wealth.

Review schedule: Monthly during development

Method: Stories require consent, context, review, expiration rules, and the speaker's approval before publication.

What it cannot tell us: Current map explanations are educational scenarios, not attributed community testimony.

Review schedule: Monthly editorial review

Method: Only sufficiently large, de-identified groups may be considered for public reporting.

What it cannot tell us: Individual check-ins, locations, identities, and case notes must never appear on the public map.

Review schedule: Monthly privacy review