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OpenPlans builds open source civic infrastructure. We collaborate with the public sector to create technology for more efficient, responsive, and inclusive government. Our tools address difficult transportation and planning problems — from enabling public input on city-wide infrastructure projects to supporting meaningful community action around a single dangerous intersection.
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We’re through to the second round of the Knight News Challenge, with a proposal to bring great websites to every planning project. Give us your feedback.

Content Management Tools for Community Boards

NYC Community Board’s have mountains of documents related to land use in their districts. Only a small fraction of these have been scanned and put online as pdfs, but they are not fully searchable. We want to change to make this data readily available to the public.

Civic Relationships: Hackers + Planners + Citizens

I recently sat down with a group of passionate planners, hackers, and citizens at the APA Intelligent Cities Unconference morning session to discuss “Online Public Participation.” We all agreed that meaningful citizen input is often hindered by citizens not having all the facts or not being able to examine the data.
But this is a difficult challenge, as planners generally have insufficient resources to help citizens understand the issues, especially online.

Discussing the future of your neighborhood together

Everyone has concerns and ideas about their communities. Where does one go to be heard? A first stop is the staff of your Community Board, who often can either point you to existing resources, or take your issue to the Board for discussion. But what if you want to do more than just register a suggestion or complaint?

We’re hosting #BetaTalk, 5/1

Join us and BetaNYC at our NYC office for the first #BetaTalk. We’ll hear a report back on Code For America‘s programs and meet their NYC team! More details and RSVP.

#CivicHackNights at OpenPlans, 4/17 and 4/28

We’re hosting two more Planning + Tech evenings here at OpenPlans, April 17th and April 28th. Click the links to head over to Meetup and RSVP. Looking forward to seeing everyone’s projects!

Planning + Civic Tech Happy Hour

Heading to APA? Don’t miss this! #plantech 4.15.13 @ 6:30pm Monk’s Pub 205 W Lake St

RethinkingRegulation: May 11th

Join us on May 11th for “idea-thon” to explore how technology and unconventional approaches can help deal with safety and quality of life issues.

Celebrating our Bus Time Team

Celebrating our Bus Time team.

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Planning Hack Night

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Planning Hack Night, March 27th