Report a pothole, avoid cone zones, watch a particular agenda item in a city council meeting, see candidates' campaign finance filings, see where your tax dollars are going. These are just a few of the powers in your hands with the City of Colorado Springs website and COSprings app. Jay Anderson, Open Data and Citizen Engagement Administrator for the City of Colorado Springs, explains how you can use these powers to be a "civic superhero."
This public presentation was hosted March 16, 2019 by the League of Women Voters of the Pikes Peak Region. This episode of Town Square is courtesy of the League of Women Voters of the Pikes Peak Region. The League of Women Voters has fought since 1920 to improve our systems of government and impact public policies through citizen education and advocacy. The League is a nonpartisan grassroots organization, working at the national, state and local levels. Learn more at: https://www.lwvppr.org/
LINKS:
Civic Superhero Toolbox https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wH1IXP2loXreecDW7aR1YDTkJ7G_8hNJbwya85LiGhM/edit
More Civic Superhero resources https://coloradosprings.gov/civicsuperhero
City of Colorado Springs website
http://www.coloradosprings.gov
To File an Open Records Request http://www.coloradosprings.gov/cora Bus System Info (Mountain Metro Transit) https://coloradosprings.gov/mountain-metro
