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.
Earlier this month, Chicago Chief Technology Officer John Tolva unveiled the city’s very first technology plan. The plan was a result of a year-long process of research, brainstorming, and thinking about how to make all of Chicago competitive in the…
Chicago Works For You (CWFY) is comprised of three components: a AngularJS/Jekyll front-end, a custom Go API and worker layer, and a PostgreSQL/PostGIS database. This post will dive into the mechanics of the system and explain why it works the…
