by Eric Jackson | Jul 3, 2018 | Newsletter, The Real Asheville
Join us on Thursday, July 12 for a presentation by Dee Williams on “The Real Asheville” project, followed by breakout sessions to work on projects. Ms. Williams, an Asheville native, is a political economist and demographer. She was the Manager for Field...
by Eric Jackson | Jun 19, 2018 | Newsletter, open data, State of Black Asheville
Jesse Michel and Patrick Conant, former Co-Captains of Code for Asheville, have been named 2018 Community Fellows by Code for America for their work on the next version of the State of Black Asheville website. They will be collaborating with Dr. Dwight Mullen and...
by Eric Jackson | Jun 6, 2018 | Newsletter, Uncategorized
Code for Asheville had quite a Summit! The Asheville contingent was large this year with brigade leaders Sabrah n’haRaven, Jim March and Eric Jackson and City staffers Kimberlee Archie (Equity), Wanda Burgess (IT), Jonathan Feldman (IT) and Frank McGowan...
by Eric Jackson | May 22, 2018 | Newsletter, open data, police data, Uncategorized
Jaime Matthews, Assistant to the City Manager, and Scott Barnwell, Business and Public Technology Manager in the IT department, presented the staff report promised after Patrick Conant presented the Petition for Police Accountability Through Data Transparency at the...
by Eric Jackson | Apr 10, 2018 | Newsletter, open data, police data
The results of the Code for Asheville Petition for Police Accountability Through Data Transparency effort continue to be exciting. Patrick Conant successfully presented to the Public Safety Committee and the effort has garnered endorsements from national...
by Eric Jackson | Mar 14, 2018 | Newsletter
Events overtook the planned agenda for our March 8 Community Night and we turned our attention to the horrendous video that was leaked to the Citizen-Times showing the beating of a black resident by a white police officer following a stop allegedly for jaywalking and...
