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Inside a Civic Tech Hackathon Weekend
A civic tech hackathon turns open government data into weekend prototypes. Two federal records show the engine and the stall point: the demo ends, and nobody owns maintenance.

A civic tech hackathon turns open government data into weekend prototypes. Two federal records show the engine and the stall point: the demo ends, and nobody owns maintenance.

Zoning runs on a map, a code, and state-granted power. A 1920s model act set the template, the Supreme Court blessed it in 1926, and legislatures are now editing the result.