Being the social progressives that we are at Hashrocket, we were excited when Obama announced the Martin Luther King Jr Day of Service. Then, when we found out that Sunlight Labs was holding a contest called Apps for America, it was quickly decided that we'd honor the Day of Service and have a hack day to create an app. With a design from local firm Thought & Theory, a number of local tech folks joined us in the orbiting Hashrocket HQ to lay the foundations for localpolitics.in.
Over the course of the next two months, many small tweaks and enhancements were made and a second hack day was held. The final result was submitted to Sunlight Labs on the day of the deadline. On Sunday, we were notified that we had taken an honorable mention for our efforts. All of the sites created were well thought out and executed; I was really excited to see the quality of the work done by other contestants.
Thanks to everyone who helped work on the project. They are:
