7.  Mapping Community Assets 

By taking stock of our communities--identifying who is serving local interests and who has something important to say--it is possible to put together a blueprint for the kinds of organizations--civic, social, cultural, and educational--that deserve a place at the new digital communications table.  Normally associated with economic redevelopment, community asset mapping can also be useful in the telecommunications context, identifying the informational, educational, cultural, and deliberative resources that would benefit most from broadband networks.  Connecticut Public Broadcasting has issued a report on its asset-mapping efforts (PDF) in connection with its digital transition, and in West St. Paul, the Center for Democracy and Citizenship organized a Community Information Corps to involve local youth in a similar mapping project.