App

1. Problem:
The folks in the worst-
served neighborhoods are
eating Doritos and Pepsi
because in their world
there seems to be no
other choice.

2. Meanwhile,
Fruit trees on public
property in every Chicago
neighborhood are
dropping so much excess
fruit that they’re
considered a nuisance.

3. Urban culture
has cast wild fruit
as an object of fear
and derision.
The foraging knowledge
of generations past
has been lost.

4. Food Banks
could help,
but lack local knowledge
of ripening fruit trees,
and cannot risk the legal
liability of vouching for
uninspected food.

6. Empowering the food-disenfranchised
to take ownership
around neighborhood
nature resources.
Real-time alerts & maps to
gather community around
local trees ripening with
local, fresh, organic food.

7. In Logan Square,
Christopher House
sends its kids across the street
to Corner Farm Chicago
to learn to pick mulberries.
Then kids want to pick mulberries
everywhere.

8. When parents
at Christopher House.

9. In Logan Square,
Christopher House food pantry
sends kids across the street
to Corner Farm Chicago
to learn to pick mulberries.

10. Real-time alerts and maps
of the neighborhood trees
serving up local, fresh,
organic superfoods.
Empowering the food-disadvantaged
to take ownership
of their neighborhood
nature resources.

11. Food Banks
The folks in the worst-
served neighborhoods are
eating Doritos and Pepsi
because in their world
there seems to be no
other choice.

13. city in the garden
food civics/ citizenship
city in the die
garden in your backyard
nature in yoru backyard
connecting Chicago to its natural ecosystem
engage with the ecosystem around you
harvest the chicago ecosystem
bringing nature to your phone
bringing nature to you
connecting you with natural resouces in your neighborhood
the science of chicago
connecting citizens with natural Chicao
Food, science, community, chicago
science, food, community, chicago
science, community, chicago
what can Chicago's natural ecosystem do for you?
Making the most of chicago's ecosystem
Note: Can we produce a schedule?
Note: Can we incorporate sustainability into the dispersal of hard copies?
Sustainably connecting science, community, and chicago
interfacing chicago with the natural ecosystem
interfacing chicago with its natural ecosystem
sustainably and interactively connecting chicago with nature
Note: What about aesthetics?
NOte: App prototyping
bringing chicago in contact with nature
bringing chicago in contact with nature
food empowerment
food empowerment for the masses
food disenfranchisement

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Context
Need
Solution
Outcome
What social issues inspire you?
What do you do day-to-day?
What neighborhoods do you operate in?
What problem do you want to solve? How can you get
specific?
What tech projects could address these needs?
(Brainstorm a bunch!)
How will the people use this tool?
Who will manage it?
What impact will it have on communities?

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HOW TO WIN
 Does it get the neighborhood greener, more
livable, more affordable?
 Is this a real collaboration between tech
folks and community leaders?
 Is the solution new or particularly effective?
 Were the demo and presentation well-
executed?
 Is there market and funding potential?

16. Photo Credit: NASA Goddard Photo and Video/Flickr, Creative Commons Lice
HOW TO WIN
2.) Collaboration How did your team work together? Who did what?
What each team member brings:
• Organization/skill
o Person’s organization and role
o Person’s neighborhood
o Person’s tech skill
• Include graphs, charts, photos, etc. as-helpful
How did each member participate
• Spell out how each team member participated
o How did each person make the app
better?
• Include graphs, charts, photos, etc. as-helpful

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3.) Target
Audience &
User Needs
Define specific target audience for your team’s app
Target Audience
• Identify the target audience that you intend to
use your team’s app:
o Who is the target audience?
o Where are users located (by geography,
by industry, etc.)?
o How many target users do you
anticipate?
• Include graphs, charts, photos, etc. as-helpful
User Needs
• Describe / depict specific target audience
members’ needs to be addressed by your
proposed solution:
o How will users use your solution?
o What burning issues, challenges, or
opportunities will your solution uniquely
address?
o Why will / should users want to use
your solution?
• Include graphs, charts, photos, etc. as-helpful

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4.) Existing &
Potential Data
Identify the existing or potential data sources underlying analysis, visualization, or
digital application
Existing Data Sources
• What existing data sources will drive your
solution (i.e. City of Chicago Data Portal,
partner data, scraped data, original data?:
o What information do the data include?
o How do these data relate to your specific
opportunity / barriers?
o How will you make these data useful /
use-able by your target audience?
• Include graphs, charts, photos, etc. as-helpful
Potential Data Sources
• What potential additional data (i.e. not
currently available) would make your solution
more relevant / impactful / comprehensive /
useful?
• How could additional data be gathered and
shared to enable your solution?
• Include graphs, charts, photos, etc. as-helpful

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6.) Next Steps
Describe additional support and next steps necessary to bring your solution
to life
Next Steps
• What support would your team need to develop, launch, and scale-up your proposed
solution?
o Technical support?
o Data?
o Marketing / communication support?
o Funding?
o Partnerships?
o Other support?

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THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS!
And special thanks to our in-kind contributors: Chipotle, Experimental
Station, Goose Island, OpenGov, & Rosati’s Pizza