Case Study Report Round 2: Las Vegas-Clark County Urban League Public Computer Center.

摘要

The purpose of this case study is to: Identify how the grantee maximized the impact of the BTOP investment. Identify techniques, tools, materials, and strategies used to implement the project. Identify any best practices, and gather evidence from third parties, such as consumers and anchor institutions, as to the impact of the project in the community. This report further investigates the initial impacts reported by the grantee during the first round of visits and identifies additional impacts that occurred in the time between the site visits. The results presented in this report reflect the evaluation study team’s observations at the time of the second site visit. It will serve as a basis for Interim Report 2, which will analyze data from fifteen case studies. This case study is primarily qualitative. Although LVUL implemented a user survey in 2012, there was limited tracking of outcome and impact data beyond what was required for grant reporting. The evaluation study team collected the information presented here during two field visits to evaluate the social and economic impact of the ACTION project. The evaluation study team originally met with representatives of LVUL over a two-day period in August 2011, visiting its administrative offices and seven PCC locations in Las Vegas: Doolittle, Sherman Gardens, Martin Luther King Senior Center, Espinoza Terrace, Simmons Manor, East Las Vegas, and West Las Vegas. ASR conducted a follow-up site visit with the grantee, project partners, and individual users from January 22-24, 2013. The second site visit focused on the PCCs that were included in the first visit, excluding the Doolittle and East Las Vegas sites. ASR visited two additional PCCs: Biegger Estates and the Pearson Center. Biegger Estates was a PCC established as part of the development of the grant. The Pearson Center was not a PCC grant site; however, the grantee recommended that the ASR team visit the facility to learn more about the sustainability initiatives to keep several of the PCCs open after the grant award period.