Hack for Change Louisville was held as the city’s official Code for AmericaNational Day of Civic Hacking event, one of over 100 simultaneous events across the United States. The day brought together local government leaders and staff, local organizations, non-profits, businesses, visitors, and community members and was focused on civic innovation.
Full recap at Civic Data Alliance.
Full recap at Civic Data Alliance.
Over 35 people participated in this year’s event. Louisville’s Code for America brigade, the Civic Data Alliance, volunteered to organize this year’s event and partnered with Code Louisville for event hosting and promotions.
We self-organized around 8 different projects, after narrowing the field from 16 potential ones.
Project 1: Restaurant health rating app
Project 2: Add building heights to @openstreetmap Louisville
Project 3: Find and rate Medicaid-accepting doctors
Project 3: Find and rate Medicaid-accepting doctors
Project 4: Pardis: park amenity finding native app
Needed better amenity location data from Metro Parks.
Project 5 - Interactive mapping and data site for local youth policy action
Collaboration with KY Youth Advocates: kyyouth.org
Collaboration with Metro Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods:louisvilleky.gov/government/safe-neighborhoods
Project 7 - Technology events website hub for the city
Website: Louisville.io
Project 8: Formalizing Louisville Mayor’s Open Data Policy with council ordinance
Similar to: miamiopendata.org/docs/open-data-letter.pdf
A contest was run via an online poll, with voting done by all the participants, across 3 categories:
- Best Use of Data (tie): Connecting Medicaid recipients to doctors #3, Kentucky Youth Advocates #5
- Biggest/Widest Impact (tie): Connecting Medicaid recipients to doctors #3, Metro Safe & Healthy Neighborhoods #6
- Project with the Most Potential: Connecting Medicaid recipients to doctors #3
Social Media and Press
Courier Journal Louisville hackers code for public good 
Insider Louisville Largest-ever national convening of civic hackers set for Saturday
Thanks!
Thank you to everyone who volunteered to make this happen, to everyone who came and hacked away the day, and to our event sponsors!
See you next year!
