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Who
we
are

We are a brigade of
Code for America

We're a volunteer group of coders that like to work on software projects for the good of our community. If you're interested in joining us or learning more, attend one of our Hack Nights, located at The Boardroom, every other Tuesday at 5:30 PM. Check out our Meetup page to attend our next meeting. There will be pizza and beer! You can also colloborate with us virtually through our Github repositories.

Our Projects

Anchorage People Mover logo of front of bus with heart in the window.

Bus Tracker

We worked with the Municipality of Anchorage to put the People Mover bus data into Google Maps which you can use in People Mover Trip Planner or by using the bus icon in Google Maps. The data is also used by Bing and Moovit. Text "about" to 907-312-2060 for realtime bus times.

Courtesy Reminder: John has a court hearing on Mon, September 1 at...

Alaska CourtBot

A free service that will send you a text message reminder the day before your court hearing. Just text your case or ticket number to: 907-312-2700

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Election Watch

Tired of refreshing the election results page? This app will do it for you and send you a text when the results page changes. Just text START to: 907-312-1012

A Google map of the bike trails used to get from brewery to brewery.

Bike Brewery Tour of Anchorage

The Bike Brewery Tour of Anchorage leverages Google Maps data, using information about local breweries and bike trails to take you on a fun tour of Anchorage.

Plug at 20 degrees Fahrenheit logo.

Plug at 20°

Help improve air quality by texting your zip code to 907-312-20​14 to receive a free text when the temperature in your area dips below 20 degrees.

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SNAP Text Services

Text your account number to 907-312-1148 to check your Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (Alaska Quest Card, Food Stamp) Balance.

Text ‘Hello’ to 1-907-312-2300 SNAP Public Assistance Pre-Screener to see if you or your family qualify for public assistance. Demo video

Dog Name Game Anchorage Edition

Dog Name Game

The Dog Name Game uses dog registration data in Anchorage.

Alaska Names website with input field to enter names and an empty graph.

Alaskan Names

The Alaskan Name Graph shows the popularity of names in Alaska using the PDF data set.

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Code for Anchorage is a volunteer non-profit group under 501c3 Code for America and relies on donations to pay for food and beverages at meetings, software and hosting, and for marketing. With those resources our volunteers work on projects that help make Anchorage a better city to live in. Please consider making a tax dedecutible donation.