Transitions at Smart Chicago

As of today, Friday, May 27, 2016, I am leaving my position as Executive Director of the Smart Chicago Collaborative. Kyla Williams has been appointed Interim Executive Director. She has been with the organization since December 2011. She is a wellspring…

Smart Chicago Partners with ORS Impact for Organization Evaluation

For the last few months, Smart Chicago has been engaged with our partner ORS Impact to “conduct an evaluation of the Smart Chicago Collaborative’s programs and facilitate a robust strategy development process”. Purpose of Evaluation Smart Chicago has reached a…

The Launch of OpenGrid for Smart Cities

Today our partner, Uturn Data Solutions, launched Open Grid for Smart Cities, with support from Smart Chicago. Here’s a snip from Uturn’s press release: Today, Uturn Data Solutions, a Chicago-based Amazon Web Services (AWS) Consulting Partner in the AWS Partner Network…

Moving Civic Tech from Code to Products: AWS Marketplace is the New Github

Smart Chicago has been in civic tech since our inception. No other civic tech outfit in the country has done more to support the Chicago ecosystem, (funds, meeting space, contracts, hackathons, office space, server space) influence the field nationally (CUTGroup,…