Smart Chicago is a founding tenant of 1871 and we have been active in helping make it a national center for civic innovation.
Jerry Paffendorf from Loveland will be talking about the amazing work his outfit has been doing in Detroit, from opening up the Motor City’s property data through Why Don’t We Own This, to fighting blight by helping residents buy vacant properties from local governments, to surveying every single property in the city through their Blexting app.
We’ll begin our live coverage at 6:15 right on this blog post!
On April 29th, we heard from Danny Burke and Daniel Evans from Experimental Station will talk about the 61st Street Farmers Market including their food access programs around food stamps, value incentives, table counts and consumer behavior within the context of food justice on the south and west sides of Chicago.
At tonight’s OpenGov Hack Night, Zach Borders will tell us about Civic ArtWorks, a company dedicated to empowering citizens and providing them with the tools to become more engaged in the design processes that shape the future of their neighborhood.
Come learn about the work they are doing in communities as large as Chicago and as small as Plainfield and hear about their work in communications, data analysis, and visualization.
Our live coverage will begin at 6:15pm right here on this blog post!
Smart Chicago Collaborative will be hosting a lunch as part of On the Table on Monday, May 12, 2014 from 12:00 – 2:00 PM CST at 1871. Our founding partner, The Chicago Community Trust is marking its 99th birthday with this region-wide event happening on May 12. We’ll be live streaming our lunch here!
Smart Chicago Collaborative will be hosting a lunch as part of On the Table on Monday, May 12, 2014 from 12:00 – 2:00 PM CST at 1871. Our founding partner, The Chicago Community Trust is marking its 99th birthday with this region-wide event happening on May 12 to unite us in a community discussion about our future and the issues important to you.
We would like to meet new people who are interested in using technology to make lives better in Chicago. Everyone means everyone. If you have never been to 1871 and are interested in technology helping people, please fill out this form to join Smart Chicago for lunch on this important day! We only have a few spots so we can keep this group small and have an in-depth conversation.
If you are interested in learning more about participating in other ways, visit On the Table.
Ben Balter and Arfon Smith from GitHub will talk about their efforts to make government tech more transparent and accountable by using open source workflows like GitHub.
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