Last month, Smart Chicago took part in the Cook County Land Bank Training. We recorded all the sessions and have a re-cap of the proceedings below. Christopher Whitaker and Joshua Kalov of our team also created and taught the curriculum around Researching vacant…
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Honorary Chicago at OpenGov Hack Night
On Tuesday, August 5, 2014, Linda Zabors of Honorary Chicago talked about her experience mapping out Chicago’s brown honorary street signs with Honorary Chicago. Smart Chicago’s Christopher Whitaker captured the entire presentation– see it after the jump or on our YouTube channel. The ubiquitous brown…
Deadline for Knight-Mozilla Fellows closing fast!
We’re big fans of the Knight-Mozilla News Fellows. For ten months, the fellows are embedded in newsrooms like the New York Times, Texas Tribune, ProPublica, and the Washington Post bringing their technology skills to the front lines of journalism. So, with…
Tomorrow: Civic Tech 4-Pack with OpenTwin Cities (With live stream!)
This Tuesday: Bill Bushey, Laura Andersen, and Steven Clift with E-Democracy/Open Twin Cities will be in Chicago to visit with interesting civic tech, open gov, digital inclusion, and related projects. They’ll also be hosting a four-pack of events at 1871 Chicago.…
Chicago School of Data Interview with Jane Addams Resource Corporation
In preparing for the Chicago School of Data Days conference (September 19 and 20), we’ve heard from more than 100 organizations and have detailed discussions with dozens. We need to hear from you to make sure we have as good…
Systems Used in Chicago School of Data Communications, Organizing, and Event Planning
“Open” is one of our principles here at Smart Chicago. Right now, most of the small staff and talented consultants who work here are working on our Chicago School of Data project. As is our wont, based on our software…
