For its volunteer efforts in tracking the money trails of our local government spending, Code for Asheville was recognized on Technical.ly’s Top 10 Code for America civic hacking projects you should be following. The article stated:
“The folks at Code for Asheville had one big question for their local government: “Where does our money go?” They knew data was available, but they could not easily visualize the money trail. In response, they decided to create Asheville City Budget, a local government budget visualization tool. With support from city hall and the local paper, Eric Jackson, a project lead, hopes that this tool will be integrated into Asheville’s anticipated participatory budget process in 2016.”
Check out the Top 10 list.
