Ideas

Our emphasis is on problems that will make a real impact for the city. The following projects were worked on at the inaugural Govathon. We will be posting links to the websites, applications and presentations soon!

1st Place
ATL Crime Blotter (Atlanta Police Department)
Application provides incident reports and crime maps based on crime data by type and neighborhood. Provides digital copies of police incident reports that can be shared via e-mail.
Team: John McSwain, Jeff Lett, Eric DeCoff, Major J.P. Spillane (APD), Lieutenant Neil Klotzer (APD)
Crime Blotter prototype screens | Code on Github | Download Code (Zip)

2nd Place
Park Find (Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs)
Site helps people search the 352 Atlanta parks not merely by location, but by amenity e.g. picnic tables, tennis courts, etc. Users can, for example, filter for dog-friendly parks, or those with playgrounds.
Team: Kate Godwin, Kyle Petrovich, Patrick Stoica, Drew Pak, Kevin Coleman, Rob Fine, Tom Cullen (Parks & Rec)
Code on Github | Frontend Code on GitHub

3rd Place
Curbb
Using an NFC (Near field communication) RFID tag or QR code, motorists can feed a parking meter from their smart phone. Even more helpful, the app delivers a mobile notification before the meter time expires. Users can then head back to their car, or refill the meter from their phone.
Team: M. Cole Jones, Christopher Walker, David Hillman, Firaz Peer, Ilena Banks, Laura Mitchell, Randy Mitchell, Rich Griffis, Shane Matthews
Code on GitHub

IA² (Invest Atlanta)
Invest Atlanta Incentive Access helps business owners and developers easily find economic incentives - from small business loans, to tax breaks based on location - a particular property might be eligible for.
Team: Brion Mills, Serina Howard, Kevin Fancher, Granvel Tate (Invest Atlanta)

FOR ATLANTA - Focus on Results Atlanta (Performance Mgt.)
Replaces ATLSTAT analytics with a more robust, customizable platform to visualize and compare city performance data so that the city can make better, informed decisions. Also, provides a public portal to this data so that there is more transparency with the city.
Team: Felix Hu, Rajib Singh, Josh Cothran, John Munro, Peter Jin, Emily Love (City), John Zimmerman (City), Sean Dunn (City)
FOR ATLANTA prototype | Code on Github

City Voice (Customer Service, City of Atlanta)
City Voice gamifies customer service by allowing citizens to rate the city customer service — from employees to departments. Public can vote/recommend a city employee for the good customer service they receive.
Team: Jennifer Demis, Jeremi Chrioni, Mario Clark, Maryrose Solis, Yvonne Dodd, Anitha Vadavatha, Mark Xie, Ric Geyer (City)

Vesta (GA Law for Homeless)
A web portal listing current available resources for the homeless and agencies working with the homeless. The portal includes information such as which shelters have available beds, who is serving meals and when, who has available clothing, who has available rental assistance, housing resources, legal resources, etc.
Team: Darius Riggins, Jenny Everett, Emmma Hetherington, Eugene Medynskiy, Sophia Voychehovski

AB (Atlanta Beltline)
A health tracking application that promotes the use of Atlanta's Beltline. It tracks the user's walking, running, cycling activity and route on the BeltLine. Users can see who else has checked in at the trail, what activities they are doing; and how crowded the BeltLine is at any given time.
Team: Linda Schwarz, Mallick Huggahalli, Nicholas Holloway, Jodie Locklear, Lisa Gordon (Beltline)
AB prototype screenshots | Code on GitHub

Vacant (Planning and Community Development)
Users send photos and street address of vacant homes and property to local government via tool. Helps city planning and developers identify pockets of blight for future development.
Team: Eldon Stegell, Jesse Rankin, Stefan Koenig, Andrew Nelson, Musa Siddeeq, Commissioner James Shelby (City), Rodney Milton (City)
Vacant prototype | Code on Github

Point A (Atlanta Street Car)
Point A alerts city residents and small businesses about street closures, construction, and traffic delays throughout the city so they can better plan when traveling through the city. City can add road closures in real time and is connected to a twitter feed for real time updates
Team: Reese McCraine (City) Point A prototype

Be Verified (Department of Finance)
Be Verified lists businesses near the person querying, via GPS, that had a valid business license, so anyone could verify that a business had a current business license.
Team: Logan Gray, Kevin Bandy, Alfonso Pinan (City)
Be Verified prototype site

AtlantaBudget.info (Department of Finance)
City of Atlanta budget query tool. Makes the budget search-able, by department or fund type. Answers questions such as, "How much does the city spend on fire trucks"?
Team: Lukas Bradley, Michael Jezierny, Antrameka Knight, Alfonso Pinan (City)
AtlantaBudget.info prototype

Red Alert (Department of Information Technology)
Help citizens report crime in real time and alert a close police officer. Officers have access to a crime victim map that also shows proximity. Officers can file police report through app with simple interface and comments.
Team: Rommel Garcia
Red Alert prototype

MeMarf (Idea Group)
Crowd-sourced thinking website brings together people with ideas, investors, brokers, and the resources necessary to launch an idea.
Team: Mark Flowers, Abdullah Bokhari, Ashia Sims, Daniel Flores
MeMarf prototype

City Zen
City Zen engages citizens to make make government participation easier. The website allows citizens to post petitions for government action and drive signatures via social media. It also includes an easy-to-understand, real-time feed of new legislation.
Team: Dustin Goodman, Peter Park, Brendan Isham, Peter Huddleston, Andrea Tramble, Angela Warner, Suvrat Jain
Code on GitHub

Gardener Exchange
Grow community, meet people

Civic Spaces
Recycle vacant storefronts and office space. Web portal connects landlords with nonprofits who could use the property for pop-up art galleries, meeting areas, or farmers markets.

Block Hero (Report a Pothole)
Application uses crowd-sourced data and pictures from citizens about potholes and road hazards to document and report to city's public works department.
Team: Michael Beyrouti, Samantha Mach, Andrew Ho, Vaughn Dabney, Sheefeni Hauwanga, Alex Lowe, Becca Posey, Elyse Klova, Kyle Azevedo, Havana Nguyen, Ramon Creese (City)
Block Hero prototype | Code on Github | Landing page on GitHub

Engage Atlanta
Idea portal allows communities to set up goals for civic projects and solicit signatures. When enough signatures are received, the project is made public so people may crowd-fund project.
Team: John Kirkley
Engage Atlanta prototype

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