Building User-Friendly Tools: Lessons Learned from the City of Asheville

2015 Code for America Summit Breakout Session: Learn how the City of Asheville used user-centered design and Lean Startup principles in the real world to build a web app for accessing city information that both citizens and city employees actually want to use. See the demo of SimpliCity: a simple, user-friendly tool to access community data. The Code for America Summit is an annual 3-day conference bringing together civic technology leaders, community organizers, and government staff and officials who are working to develop the tools and practices of 21st century government.