At this week’s Maptime Chcago, the Maptime Chicago group is going to be teaching you how to use QGIS to create a map. QGIS is a free open-source GIS software tool that’s a bit more powerful than a normal web…
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Images from ADA 25 Chicago Launch Event: Greater > Together
Today I attended the launch event ADA 25 Chicago, a network of civic partners who have come together to commemorate and advance a civil rights milestone— the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities ACT (ADA). Smart Chicago is a technology partner…
Civic Tech Hero: Scott Robbin
Since October 2013, civic tech pioneer, Chicago web developer, and good friend Scott Robbin has been working with Smart Chicago as our lead developer. If you have worked at all with us since then, you have benefitted from his work.…
Primer for Experimental Modes Meeting
Here at Smart Chicago, we’ve always had three areas of focus: Access to technology and the internet Digital skills for all Meaningful products from data This focus keeps us on the right path— one that requires us to lay practical groundwork…
Tomorrow: Convening on Experimental Modes
Tomorrow Smart Chicago is hosting a convening at The Chicago Community Trust as part of our Experimental Modes of Civic Engagement in Civic Tech Project. The gathering, led by consultant Laurenellen McCann, brings together people who provide community leadership in the creation of…
Two New Health Navigators
Yesterday we on-boarded two new Health Navigators in our Smart Health Centers program: Anthony Green, who will be working at Family Focus and A.C.T.S. OF F.A.I.T.H., and Daniel Broome, who will work with people at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital. Kyla Williams runs…
