For the past six months, Montgomery County’s Nighttime Economy Task Force has been holding public meetings and discussions regarding nightlife in Montgomery County and how it can be improved. Residents gave their input on what they would like to see and experience to liven up nightlife and gain more County revenue from it. On October 28th,…
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November 21st, 2013 will mark Montgomery County’s first Open Data Town Hall at the Bethesda/Chevy Chase Regional Services Center (located at 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda) from 7 to 9 p.m. The Innovation Program is excited to host this event. All Montgomery County residents are welcome. The goal of the Open Data Town Hall is to…
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The Montgomery County Innovation Program has a Facebook page that will be actively updated by the Chief Innovation Officer and Innovation Fellows. Like the page for constant updates, links to articles, and information about projects in Montgomery County. We encourage your feedback, so feel free to comment or send a private message regarding the projects,…
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Ideaspace is a makerspace that is going to be built in D.C. and opened around February 2014. The website, which includes a digital image of what it will look like, says that it offers “access to a state-of-the-art maker lab, open collaboration space, classes and experiential workshops, and world-class speakers and events.” The idea of a…
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The September 9th worksession on the Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) Report 2013-7: Best Practices in Open Data Initiatives reminded Montgomery County that we already excel in the field of open data, from dataMontgomery to positions such as the Chief Innovation Officer. According to the report, Montgomery County continues to excel by providing the following: Datasets that…
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You have seen them in museums, train stations, and even malls: interactive touchscreen kiosks are popping up everywhere. That being noted, not everyone has access to a smartphone and internet connection is not always available. Besides, how could information be tailored to a specific location? With improved interactive touchscreen kiosk technology, all of this is…
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On August 1st, 2013, this article was published by Innovation Fellow Briana Liu regarding the food system in Montgomery County. She discussed the elements she would like to see in MoCo, which are a community farm, shared kitchen space, and community involvement. Now, over two months later, we can look in retrospect over how we…
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On August 5th, 2013, Econsult Solutions, Inc. published the report “U.S. Kitchen Incubators: An Industry Snapshot.” It reports on who is using kitchen incubators, what they pay, and the type of business they are supporting. Montgomery County wants to develop non-profit kitchen incubators for the sake of helping people initiate their businesses. So who would benefit…
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On September 9th, 2013, Montgomery County’s Government Operations (GO) committee held a work session to discuss the best practices in open data initiatives in Montgomery County. Montgomery County’s open data policy involves providing the public a portal of open datasets for viewing. Also discussed was how this data can be manipulated to benefit the three…
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We had our first hackathon in Montgomery County this past June and were very pleased with the results. As we look to do more events like that in the future, I thought you might find this little bite from the Center for Data Innovation and Code for America interesting. Click here!