At tonight’s OpenGov Hack Night, we’ll have two speakers.
Tina Fassett from the DePaul Institute for Housing Studies will discuss her analysis of demolitions in Chicago from 2004 to 2012.
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Steve Vance will talk about Licensed Chicago Contractors, his project to track and notify people about new construction updates in Chicago.
We’ll start our live coverage at 6:15pm right here on this blog post!
For our second day of National Civic Hacking in the Chicago Loop, we’ll be hearing from the Southwest Organizing Project and the Chicago Police Department. Our livestream coverage will begin at 8:30am.
We’re super excited about all the National Day of Civic Hacking happening around the country. We’ll be live streaming our National Day of Civic Hacking in the Chicago
UPDATE: We’ll be live streaming the presentations for Day 1 below starting at 4:00pm CST
(Livestream of presentations start at 4:00pm)
(Recording of this morning’s presentations)
At today’s OpenGovHack Night, our own Christopher Whitaker will be talking about the progress made since last year’s National Day of Civic Hacking and the Rise of the Working App. Our coverage starts at 6:15pm.
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!
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!
