Build for STL will have physical events throughout the weekend. Below is a list of finalized events; this list will be updated as planning continues, so come back frequently!
Digital BioBlitzDigital BioBlitz is a collaboration between the Youth Learning Center, the Academy of Science – St. Louis, and OpenDataSTL where students between grades 5 through 12 get a peek into the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields while working together to build something new and useful for all of St. Louis.
Community Garden
UrbanHarvestSTL
‘Experience a Rooftop Community Garden’
Saturday May 31 10 a.m.-12 p.m. @ the Downtown Community Garden
(on top of the Macy’s parking garage: 601 Olive St, STL MO 63102)
Attend an ‘open garden’ at the city’s first rooftop community garden in the heart of downtown St Louis. Meet the Urban Harvest STL gardeners who are experimenting with a new approach to growing food on a roof. Stop by for a quick tour or stick around to help out – visitors and volunteers can come and go as they please.
OpenStreetMap Editathon
OpenDataSTL
Location: T-REX
Date/Time: May 1 through May 31, winners announced on June 1 at Build for STL
Participants will run, bike, jog and drive about the city, updating OpenStreetMap for St. Louis. GPS is not included, but training is.
Code for America Brigade Launch
OpenDataSTL, the City of St Louis, and St Louis County will officially launch the St Louis region Code for America Brigade. Rather than a new group, this represents a transition for OpenDataSTL into an expanded role in the St. Louis tech community and local government, with the official endorsement of Code for America. OpenDataSTL will continue its aim to bring together technology innovators and government to promote use of and access to public data. This Brigade supports new innovation in government technology and will be a core of volunteerism to sustain these new technologies and the openness these technologies foster. Through openness of and access to local government, the OpenDataSTL CfA Brigade will encourage and empower residents to take an active role in their community.
See the Code for America Brigade website for more information.
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