by Eric Jackson | Mar 22, 2019 | Civic Tech, featured project, FOIA Requests, open data
Sunshine Request celebrated its second birthday this March by receiving the 2019 Sunshine Award for Advocacy given by the North Carolina Open Government Coalition. The website, a project of PRC Apps by Code for Asheville members Patrick Conant, Jesse Michel, Lauren...
by Eric Jackson | Mar 8, 2019 | Civic Tech, criminal justice, events, featured project, open data, police data
More than 25 people, including a few new faces and several members of BeLoved’s Homeless Voice, joined us on Saturday for Open Data Day 2019. This year’s event focused on ways to use the policing open data that began to be released last year. Jesse Michel...
by Eric Jackson | Feb 21, 2019 | Civic Tech, featured project, open data
Code for Asheville’s February community night, on Valentine’s Day, was dedicated to love of open data—specifically, to our plan to push for an open data policy for Buncombe County government. In 2015, Code for Asheville members and supporters led the...
by Eric Jackson | Aug 1, 2018 | events, Newsletter, open data, police data
Asheville’s Day of Civic Hacking is in three weeks! Please join us on August 18 to explore ways to help local residents achieve their own civic goals more effectively. Jesse Michel and Patrick Conant will be leading a workshop on how to use the City of...
by Eric Jackson | Jul 17, 2018 | homelessness, Newsletter
Amy Cantrell and Eric Jackson joined Open Austin, Code for Boulder, Code for Boston and Code for San Jose for a workshop on affordable housing and housing security projects that brigades have undertaken. Learn about Code for Asheville’s collaborations with...
