Today I spoke at Baltimore Data Days. Here’s the presentation: Getting Smarter in Chicago: Presentation to Baltimore Data Days from Smart Chicago Collaborative Bonus: here’s a personal account of my time in Baltimore.
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Eliminate the Digital Divide Advisory Committee Working Meeting
I chair the Eliminate the Digital Divide Advisory Committee , which advises the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity in establishing criteria and procedures for identifying recipients of grants under the Digital Divide Elimination Act. Here’s meeting notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CF6J9L_uG0xCR5AgbC3_IMMfK76lUlo2lxGQOLqQcXA/edit
Kyla Williams on WBEZ Tech Shift, Talking Chicago Health Atlas

Full audio of Kyla Williams on WBEZ talking about her work on Chicago Health Atlas.…
Livestream: Doing Business with Cook County’s Land Banks Training on July 24
Smart Chicago is working with the Cook County Land Bank and other organizations to conduct free training on how to do business with the land bank. We’ll have a live stream below starting at 10:00am: Christopher Whitaker and Josh Kalov…
Chicago School of Data: Interview with Chatham Business Association
As we continuing our work with the Chicago School of Data, we wanted to publish another one of our interviews to give people a sense of the information we’re getting. Here’s a partial transcript from our interview with the Chatham Business…
First CfA Regional Brigade Housed at Smart Chicago
Midwest Selected for Code for America Brigade Regional Pilot, on the Code for America blog.