As with all municipal data, it can work much better for the City of Evanston if any data is available for better quality decision-making. The BENEFITS of the current data provided: It exists online! It can be accessed by date of the Property Standards hearing.In the most recent iteration of the Property Docket format, we... Continue Reading →
Mapping the occurrence addresses outlined on the property dockets (with respondents and # of violations at that address over time) has some drawbacks. Ownership of properties can change hands over time, and aggregating violations across owners of the same address can be problematic for some interpretations of the data.None of the data provided on the... Continue Reading →
Unfortunately, while technically much of Evanston's data is "open" (available on the internet, for instance), like many small municipalities most of the data really isn't open. That is, it's not in a format where regular citizens can use the data, check the data, analyze the data, and learn about their city. Thanks to efforts intended... Continue Reading →
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