The interns researched the key organizations involved in Trenton. These included government, public schools, foundations, non-profit organizations, colleges and universities, and media of various types (print, web, radio). The local, county and state level government agencies were thoroughly profiled. For the non-profit and foundations and research institutes, we've looked at local, state, and national organizations.

To help visualize the key organizations and individuals, the interns created post-it note organization charts which they pasted up on the wall of the basement office (see below).

What's great about this approach is that when we need to figure out who we should be talking to or where a program is housed, we can walk around and point to the specific department or division in government or the relevant non-profit organization or funder. We have a group of foundations (not displayed) and still need to put up the significant media and research oriented institutes that support or focus on Trenton.

Trenton City Government

Trenton School Board

Mercer County Government

Trenton Area Non-Profits (a few)

New Jersey State Government