Group #1:

App idea: One-stop dashboard for emergency info: aquifer levels in the city, electricity alerts, burn bans, road closures.

App idea: See food inspection data on various restaurants. Possibly feed into Yelp, other services.

Group #2:

App idea: Calendar in cloud

• Push notifications to let people know what’s going on around the city
• Filter calendar to show if it’s a family event, concert, etc.
• Lightweight, simple, limited scope
• Also, option to open up 311 report and provide response to event-related issues\

App idea: Open Budget

• Open up the budget data to show what the city is spending in certain areas
• Have a slider showing what happens if change budget areas

• i.e. If you spend less on education, X number of schools will be closed

• Benchmark San Antonio against other cities across the country.

• i.e. See how much San Antonio spends on police per capita vs. similar cities

Group #3:

Inventoried open data in the city on the OKFN dashboard. Found out there is a lot of data in the city but there isn’t a lot published out for use. Opened eyes of IT dept about.

App idea: Local Wiki

• Create local wiki.
• Something anyone can contribute to.

App idea: San Antonio answers website.

• Beta: take the top 10 frequently asked questions from all 34 city departments.
• Create a protocol/style sheet for responding to questions
• Have brigade come in and do an “answer-a-thon” to answer questions.
• Show success, then perhaps get more resources for city to support it internally.