by Alyx Perry | Nov 20, 2018 | events, National Day of Civic Hacking, open data
On Saturday, August 18 we hosted 28 members and guests for National Day of Civic Hacking to explore using data, technology and relationships to understand and improve our community. The day featured two parallel activities: one on mapping relationships in 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 | Jun 19, 2018 | Newsletter, open data, State of Black Asheville
Jesse Michel and Patrick Conant, former Co-Captains of Code for Asheville, have been named 2018 Community Fellows by Code for America for their work on the next version of the State of Black Asheville website. They will be collaborating with Dr. Dwight Mullen and...
by Eric Jackson | Jun 6, 2018 | open data, police data, Uncategorized
On May 24th, a group of community members met with City Staff to discuss the details of the data sets requested for release in Code for Asheville’s Petition for Police Accountability Through Data Transparency. We are happy to report that the meeting went...
by Eric Jackson | May 22, 2018 | Newsletter, open data, police data, Uncategorized
Jaime Matthews, Assistant to the City Manager, and Scott Barnwell, Business and Public Technology Manager in the IT department, presented the staff report promised after Patrick Conant presented the Petition for Police Accountability Through Data Transparency at the...
by Eric Jackson | Apr 26, 2018 | open data, police data
On behalf of Code for Asheville Patrick Conant presented the Petition for Police Accountability Through Data Transparency to the Asheville City Council on April 24. Since it was on the agenda as a presentation, no vote was taken, but the Council made clear that it is...