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Founder writing, block-by-block before-and-after reports, and the field-evidence data behind every sponsored cleanup. New issues drop on the first of each month.
Issue #6 · The Digital Twin
From cleaning blocks to mapping them in 3D
Issue #6 — The Digital Twin. 20 of 100 blocks cleaned and $2,000 paid out to North Lawndale residents, 158 scan sessions captured, LiDAR depth + camera poses + GPS fusing into per-block 3D, a litter classifier in training, iOS v1.0.8 in TestFlight, and the new honor wall naming our major sponsors.
Issue #5 · Field Report
Twenty blocks, twenty paychecks
Issue #5 — Field Report. The July pilot became real: 20 North Lawndale blocks cleaned by residents, $2,000 paid out at $100 a block, powered by UIC's $2,000 community-collaboration sponsorship — plus an honest paragraph on what broke in the app and what v1.0.9 fixed.
Issue #3 · Boots on the Ground
Boots on the ground
Issue #3 — Boots on the Ground. A cleaner site, a live iOS scanning feature (Android coming soon), a $2,000 gift from the University of Illinois Chicago toward our 100-block goal, the first North Lawndale cleanups landing July 5-6, a scan-powered heatmap getting sharper, and the next layer of our points economy taking shape.
Issue #2 · The Hotspot Report
Reading the map
Issue #2 — The Hotspot Report. A month deeper into the field evidence: what 110+ resident-mapped hotspots actually tell us, the four kinds of blight we keep finding, the corridors we can already name — and a direct invitation to the Chicago businesses that want to back our points economy.
Issue #1 · Founder's Letter
Sixty years and two blocks
Issue #1 — The Founder's Letter. Why GCC exists, the 110+ hotspots residents have already mapped in our app, the patterns we're seeing, the academic data behind the model, and how everyone — local or worldwide — can participate.
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