This week is a great week for civic innovation—the Code for America Summit in San Francisco is here. Smart Chicago will be there in force. I will be there, as well as consultants Christopher Whitaker and Josh Kalov. (Along with about a dozen other representatives from Chicago’s civic hacking community)
We’ll be live tweeting the event on our @SmartChicago account, but you can also follow along using the #CfAsummit hashtag. Below the fold, we’ve all the details of the Chicago area delegation.
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.
OpenTwin Cities pitching during National Day of Civic Hacking, Photo by OpenTwin Cities
Christopher Whitaker will be running his usual live stream of the events on our livestream page. We’ve listed the schedule and more detailed information about the events below the fold.
Code for America and the Smart Chicago Collaborative are pleased to announce that the Midwest has been selected for the first Code for America Regional Brigade Program. The Midwest Regional Brigade program will support existing Code for America brigade cities as well as work to expand the number of brigade cities in the region. The program will be led by Smart Chicago consultant and current Chicago Brigade Captain Christopher Whitaker and will be headquartered at the Smart Chicago Collaborative.
Christopher Whitaker will lead the Midwest Regional Brigade program, photo by Angel Kittiyachavalit
Governor Pat Quinn has declared April 3rd to be Illinois Innovation Day. Christopher Whitaker, consultant to Smart Chicago, will be representing us in Springfield tomorrow. Here’s a look at the work that Smart Chicago Collaborative has done at the state level.
Matt Hampel from LocalData and David McDowell from the Southwest Organizing Project talk about vacant building data.
Smart Chicago Collaborative is proud to announce our partnership with the Southwest Organizing Project and LocalData as part of the Civic Works Project — providing tools that empower organizations to make change in their neighborhoods.
Next week, Smart Chicago will be at the Code for America Summit in San Francisco. We’re big fans, friends, and funders of Code for America and we’re excited to take part in the summit. Here’s a cribsheet:
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