THE GROWING PAINS OF A GROWING CITY Michigan’s capital city, Lansing, was incorporated into the state in 1859, when it had fewer than 3,000 residents. Time and prosperity have seen it boom to a thriving city with a population of more than 500,000 and a diverse economy that includes government service, healthcare, manufacturing and education. Yet this kind of success and prosperity comes with additional complications. As it tried to keep track of its data in our increasingly digital world, Lansing started to experience challenges related to accessing, combining and leveraging the data it held on its growing population. At its core, these problems were being caused by data on each individual being stored in, and spread over, a number of siloed data sources. Looking at just criminal r

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