Mayor's data strategist previews Akron's community dashboard and data-governance push

Jul 14, 2026

Britney Stewart, the mayor's newly funded data-transparency strategist, previewed a community dashboard launched in May (akronohio.gov/dashboard), described ongoing data governance work and said the position is funded by a one-year GAR Foundation grant aimed at centralizing performance measures and building operational dashboards.

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Britney Stewart, the mayor's data-transparency strategist, briefed the Budget & Finance Committee on work to organize city data, establish governance and publish public dashboards. She said the position is funded by a one-year GAR Foundation grant and emphasized that the work pairs data infrastructure, governance and resident-facing visualizations.

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