At this week’s OpenGov Hack Night, on Tuesday, January 20, we had a presentation from Scrappers Film Group on turning data into cinema. …
Scrappers Film Group at OpenGov Hack Night
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Show your stats: Smart Chicago Blog Edition
As part of our philosophy to be open and transparent, we’ve got a new feature— Show Your Stats. In the civic tech world, we make a lot of stuff and we churn our legs in the right direction, but there’s…
Metropolitan Planning Council Uses Textizen for Planning out Logan Square Corridor
When the Metropolitan Planning Council needed feedback on their planning initiative for the Logan Square Corridor, they turned to Textizen. Textizen is a text based survey tool that delivers real time results for government agencies seeking to get citizen feedback.…
Woodstock Institute launches a new interactive map and data compendium at OpenGov Hack Night
On January 6th, 2015, the Woodstock Institute dropped by Chicago’s OpenGov Hack Night to talk about their new interactive map and data compendium. The Woodstock Institute is a leading nonprofit research and policy organization in the areas of fair lending, wealth…
Catch Tracy Siska on WBEZ’s Morning Shift
Tracy Siska, one of our partners in our Convicted in Cook Project, will be on WBEZ’s Morning Shift this morning, Monday, January 5, 2015, to talk about the project. You can listen live here!
2014 Year in Review
Here’s a month-by-month look at some of the things we’ve done this year.
