Building knowledge systems that hold value in the public interest
Past Projects
Featured Project
Open Elections
Open Elections is an application for administering publicly funded election programs with a real-time public dashboard.
- Years: 2019–present
- Program: Hack Oregon
- Organizations: City of Portland
- Project Types: Application, Visualization
- Topics: Campaign Finance, Local Elections
About our projects
Over 8 organizations, 6 topics, and 6 project types.
Since our inception, we've worked across topics and with a wide range of organizations. Our projects have ranged from rapid prototype development, to full-featured applications for the City of Portland, to running a code school.
Organizations:
- Oregon Community Foundation
- Gates Foundation
- OMSI
- City of Portland
- Census Opportunity Project
- Mapbox
- REACH NOW
- TriMet
Topics:
- Housing
- Education
- Disaster Resilience
- Local Elections
- Campaign Finance
- Transportation
Project Types:
- Data Storytelling
- Data Availability
- Community Engagement
- Application
- Analytics
- Visualization
All Projects
Only 2019–2020 projects for now. More history coming soon
Open Elections
Years: 2019–present
Program: Hack Oregon
Organizations: City of Portland
Project Types: Application, Visualization
Topics: Campaign Finance, Local Elections
Open Elections is an application for administering publicly funded election programs with a real-time public dashboard.
The Changing Complexion of Housing in Portland
Year: 2019
Program: Hack Oregon
Organizations: Oregon Community Foundation
Project Types: Analytics, Data Storytelling
Topics: Housing
Examining the demographic shifts of populations and disparities in home-ownership
Disaster Heroes
Years: 2019–2020
Program: Hack Oregon
Organizations: OMSI
Project Types: Application, Community Engagement
Topics: Disaster Resilience
Disaster Heroes is a data-driven multiplayer experience to help build community resilience for an earthquake scenario in Oregon.
Education Data Collaborative
Years: 2019–present
Program: Hack Oregon
Organizations: Gates Foundation
Project Types: Community Engagement, Data Availability
Topics: Education
Making longitudinal data systems useful for the education ecosystem
Transit Operations Analytics
Year: 2019
Program: Hack Oregon
Organizations: TriMet, REACH NOW
Project Types: Visualization, Analytics
Topics: Transportation
Data modeling and visual framework of granular transit operations data to rapidly assess the impact of changes on service quality
CIVIC Sandbox
Years: 2018–present
Program: Hack Oregon
Organizations: Mapbox, Census Opportunity Project
Project Types: Application, Visualization, Community Engagement
CIVIC Sandbox is an exploratory data resource. Explore curated collections to see patterns and relationships