In Spring of 2014, Akron Civic Hackathon 2014 was organized part of National Day of Civic Hacking.
More information about this event can be found at these places:
- Event Page on hackforchange.org: http://hackforchange.org/events/akron-civic-hackathon/
- Event Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wXOBtirJIef66WwZD1RBvwlqbTeoZRDubNbg-n6IhEk/edit?usp=sharing
The goal of this repo is to archive and collect problem descriptions and deliverables from the event.
The ability to accurately track historical project data and project expenditures is a critical function of a planning organization. Most municipal projects can be classified into a finite number of categories such as transportation, parks, or housing. During the early phases of a new project, the planning organization is tasked with defining both the both scope, and type, of project to be implemented. As the project is designed, and then constructed, key information (such as cost, project timeframe, and funding) is documented and stored for future reporting.
The city of Akron is currently pursuing the development of a data collection and reporting system that will allow project data input and project reporting to be completed in a reasonably simple fashion. This program contemplates the use of a database to accurately collect and report this information. Project reporting often needs to answer questions such as:
- What was the project name, scope, and limits?
- When was the project started and completed?
- What were the expenditures, by year, on the project?
- What funding sources(s) were used during the life of the project?
The end product of this initiative will provide a data entry and reporting system that can accurately provide information about city of Akron projects, in a format that addresses the specific question(s) being asked. Once this new information system is complete, our intent is to input data on city of Akron projects dating back to the 1960’s, while also tracking all current and future projects completed by the city of Akron.
Akron Civic Hackathon 2014 will allow City of Akron's Economic Development to gather information from their internal data stores (like Excel files) and submit it to their GIS system from ESRI. This will allow them to select a geographical region on a map and report on how much money was budgeted, forecasted, and finally committed in that region.
https://github.com/tdfischer/civic-hacking-2014
To generate highly local information about the City of Akron such that any member of the community can edit it and we can all collaborate and maintain it.
Migrated the old instance from last year to the final two main localwiki instances this year:
To deploy adopt-a-hydrant in such a way that there isn't a huge budget allocation for it.
Volunteers succeeded in following instructions provided by OpenShift and RedHat https://github.com/openshift-quickstart/adopt-a-hydrant-openshift-quickstart and verified that the application deployed successfully in their local development environments.
The fire department did not participate in person, but plans to share lat/long locations of their fire hydrants that will be inserted on the platform provided by OpenShift. A release will then be planned and announced to the citizens in East Liverpool.