How Civic Engagement can be State Wide: Example from Colorado
"What do I gotta do to get you to GoCode?" This is an ongoing joke between Jessica and DJ from the Durango GoCode team. It sums up their determination to make this event an inclusive one. I attended Go Code Durango as a member of the Open Data Institute . I was worked with the Xentity team, providing support for the Socrata platform that was used by the Colorado Information Marketplace (CIM). CIM is a Socrata-powered platform and therefore the Xentity team provided API and data support for the Socrata part of the challenge. Photo by http://www.23rdstudios.com / Go Code was a unique experience. I was a part of a five team, cross-site effort to coach and mentor development teams and help them create applications. What makes this event different from others I’ve attended is the passion, the careful selection of sites, the organization of the five challenges, and the people of Colorado. We had the pleasure of meeting the very talented and engaging folks of Durango.