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CIVIC HACKATHON
On October 17th and 18th, the Meeting of the Minds 2015 Civic Hackathon brought together civicminded
designers, developers, and entrepreneurs to build urban sustainability solutions focused on the
city of Richmond (CA). Sponsored by Qualcomm and Microsoft, the Hackathon was held at the historic
Craneway Pavilion at the southern edge of Richmond. The Civic Hackathon set out to provide urban sustainability
solutions to social, environmental, and technology issues facing the city and its residents. Hack
kits were provided by OSIsoft, World Programming, and Microsoft. Qualcomm provided Dragon boards
and Gimbal provided Bluetooth beacons.
A total of six teams competed in the 2015 Civic Hackathon. The top 3 teams - Stride, Rootid, and Labor-
2Day - went on to present on stage in the plenary session on October 21st. Team Stride was the first
place winner and received the grand prize of $5,000 cash from Qualcomm. Their app - “Let’s Stride” - is
a community and health fitness app designed to use the neighborhoods you live in as an obstacle course
to get fit. The idea is to leverage the natural surroundings to improve physical fitness and also incentivize
activity by involving local businesses and restaurants. This team hailed from The Stride Center in Oakland,
CA.
CIVIC HACKATHON TEAMS AND PROJECTS
Team Coup
A smart circuit breaker to control energy consumption.
Team Rootid
Stalk Exchange is a place for neighbors to swap
produce, skills and gratitude. The app seeks to help
neighbors reduce food waste, increase access to
healthy foods, create relationships, and help one
another.
Team IOTEcoSystem
This team developed an eco-system to help the
community to retrieve their lost and stolen property,
particularly stolen bikes.
Team Stride
“Let’s Stride” is a community and health fitness app
designed to use the neighborhoods you live in as an
obstacle course to get fit.
Team Labor2Day
Labor2Day connects day laborers to employers in the
city of Richmond via text messaging.
Team WHOmentors.com
WOO (Window Of Opportunity) app automates
the WCCUSD studen work permit process to assist
Richmond residents in pursuing higher education and
to accelerate securing meaningful employment.
CIVIC HACKATHON JUDGES
• Anthony Di Leva, Senior Business Development Analyst, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
• Scott Mauvais, Director, Technology & Civic Innovation, Microsoft
• Commissioner Catherine Sandoval, California Public Utilities Commission
• Clara Brenner, CEO, Tumml
• Adam Lenz, Environmental Manager, City of Richmond
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