Our Mission - The Community Mapping Lab is comprised of faculty, students, and community members who draw from geographic theories and methods to work for the empowerment of marginalized groups, shape understanding of important issues, and develop new tools for community based research. Our research projects rely on collaborative research partnerships, develop innovative approaches to engaged research, and foster public dialogue about community development, community engagement, cartography, and spatial analysis. Our Projects 1958 Athens Directory: Digitizing this city directory provides insights on residential and workforce segregation in the city near the end of the Jim Crow era. Athens evictions: Compiling court filings related to evictions in the city to identify the most impacted areas and biggest evictors. Linnentown: Collected, organized, and mapped data for an Athens neighborhood destroyed by urban renewal Brooklyn Cemetery: Students organized and ground truthed data on this Black cemetery space, as well as creating print and online maps. The goal has been to help support efforts to draw attention and sustain this historic place In the News UGA students and housing advocates map out evictions in Athens-Clarke County https://www.onlineathens.com/story/news/local/2023/05/11/uga-students-map-out-evictions-in-athens/70198737007/ New biking map of Athens eases the ride around town https://news.uga.edu/new-biking-map-of-athens-eases-the-ride-around-town/ University of Georgia Experts Estimate Black Residents Who Were Displaced to Make Room for Dormitories Should Get $5M In Reparations https://news.yahoo.com/university-georgia-experts-estimate-black-181400852.html
