What we’re about
We are a volunteer group that contribute our talents toward improving our community through open data and web technology:
• working on civic tech projects (visit https://www.opencleveland.org/projects/details/
• start a new project, or find one to join (all backgrounds welcome!)
• bounce ideas and get help from tech and government experts
• learn about open data, smart cities, and open government
Learn more here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4EhJ898r-k
Collaborate to build apps and visualizations, clean up unstructured data, catalog public datasets, create new projects to transform our region; check out an event on the calendar for more on how Civic Hack Nights work.
Tweets at @opencleveland
On Civic Hacking.
"A civic hacker is an open source software developer who uses his or her skills to make their community and country a better place. ... A civic hacker will just do something, not asking for permission, ignoring government bureaucracy, in order to build tools and technologies with a civic-minded bent."
-- Luigi Montanez
Upcoming events (2)
See all- 7th Annual Data Days CLECleveland Public Library-Louis Stokes Wing, Cleveland, OH
Join us for the signature event on open data and civic technology in Northeast Ohio.
Whether you're a data analyst poring over Census and Parcel Data in R, a non-profit professional who has some excel tricks up their sleeves, or are just a person interested how civic data and technologies are being used in your community with a focus how data is used for action in social justice, research, and policy.
Data Days is the right place for you.
View the full Program schedule at: https://datadayscle.org
With sessions like:
- How are local publications that serve immigrant communities using open data; and how does open data represent (and not) these communities?
- If you're using ChatGPT, how do you assess wrong information, bias, and inequality ?
- How does the Cleveland Metroparks manage all of their data (like park and trail visitation data) across all of their different systems and platforms ?
Note, RSVP'ing on meetup will not reserve you a ticket; you will need to purchase a ticket at https://datadays.org
With your ticket, you'll receive:
Continental Breakfast
Boxed lunch
Post Data Days Conference Reception (at Butcher & Brewer)Are you in between jobs, need financial assistance, or a student ? email us (opencleveland at gmail dot com) and we'll give you a discounted or free ticket.
