The Environmental Breakout Group at OpenGov Hack Night has been working on a site to report buildings that don’t recycle. Chicago’s ordinances require buildings with five or more rental units to provide recycling. However, the city doesn’t always enforce this…
At the February 3, 2015 Chicago OpenGov Hack Night, Jimm Dispensa talked about Aldertrack – A project to help residents of Chicago follow the 2015 Chicago Aldermanic and Mayoral elections. The site offers race forms, analysis, webinars, as well as providing extensive…
At this week’s Chicago OpenGov Hack Night, Oboi Reed and Steve Vance presented about Slow Roll Chicago and about improving equity in bike infrastructure in the City of Chicago. Slow Roll Chicago is a community bicycle ride in Chicago founded…
We’re partnering with the Chicago Department of Public Transportation to help get citizen feedback on their Chicago Complete Streets Program. CDOT is using flyers and posters on the Chicago Transit Authority asking Chicago residents to take a quick text survey about…
At our last Connect Chicago Meetup, Erin Simpson presented about her study on public computing center use in Chicago. Simpson is a Public Policy Student at the University of Chicago & Civic Tech Fellow at Microsoft, and stopped by to talk…
As part of our work with Expunge.io, we rely on the expertise of the LAF. For over 40 years, LAF (formerly the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago) has provided free legal services in non-criminal matters to people living in poverty…
