In the past two years, the open data conversation in Charlottesville has come a long way. Next week, the City Council will take a first important step toward enacting an open data policy for the city. Key questions and hurdles remain, but if the proposed resolution (below) passes, it will be a critical first step. […]
PRESS RELEASE: Smart Cville and Albemarle County launch visual budget tool Making the County budget more accessible for everyone Charlottesville, July 13, 2016 – Smart Cville, in collaboration with Albemarle County, is excited to announce the launch of an online budget visualization tool for the County’s recently published FY17 budget. The tool provides an interactive[…]
April 12, 2016 Dear Council Members, Thank you for your service to the City of Charlottesville. In a letter to the editor the majority of the Council described a recent change in meeting procedures as “intended to create more transparency, broader engagement and a more efficient Council; less talk and more action means more tangible[…]
It is with great pleasure that Smart Cville is publishing its Charlottesville Budget Visualization project. We believe that this project takes valuable, yet complicated, data and makes it easier to comprehend. There is nothing easy about the budget process and our city does a great job to make the budget process work. Our visualization utilizes[…]
At long last, Charlottesville Area Transit will be getting an upgrade to its farebox system. The system, pictured right, is a dramatic upgrade to the current system. Kudos to the city for making this investment and to CAT for pushing for it. . This new technology, however, also brings up the idea of making data[…]