Explore · Browse the Commons

Go straight to the public resource you need.

Browse the Commons is the à-la-carte side of Thrive's public information system. Use it when you already know you want data, a plan, a funding opportunity, a public record, a project inventory or a technical tool.

Resource library

Choose a type of information.

Some sections are mature working tools; others are still being expanded. Status is shown rather than hidden.

Data & Maps

Public data tools

Compare communities, inspect tract change, understand industries and commutesheds, explore budgets and screen parcels.

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Plans & Policies

Adopted priorities

Find plans, strategies, policies and implementation records with dates, status and original sources.

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Funding

Funding & Opportunities

Browse public grant and funding opportunities by deadline, geography, applicant eligibility and topic.

Open Funding Explorer →
Civic Activity

What's Happening Now

Follow selected public decisions, agendas, actions and issue histories without confusing discussion with adopted action.

Open Civic Intelligence example →
Projects & Organizations

Who is doing what?

Browse source-linked projects now, with organization/service explorers expanding behind the same public-information model.

Open Projects Explorer →
Practitioner Resources

Technical source tools

Parcel, jurisdiction, regulatory and methodology resources for people who need to inspect the machinery underneath a public story.

Open practitioner resources →
Data & Maps

Explore place-based evidence directly.

Neighborhood & Tract Change

See how selected indicators vary and change within Washington County.

Open tract map →

Parcel & Jurisdiction Screening

Inspect tax lots, jurisdictions and governing-source context.

Open parcel tool →
Want Thrive to connect the pieces?

Use a Deep Dive when you want the story, not just the source.

Deep Dives combine these resources around one community and topic. Research & Insights steps back further to ask why a pattern may exist and what other places can teach us.