PHL Innovation

???Big News in Civic Tech! The City of San Francisco has just launched a redesigned SF.gov, powered by?"Karl" the CMS?and?"Maya" the Design System. "Karl" is a Content Management System, SF��s new central website backend, is built on Wagtail, the open-source CMS. This brings SF into Python/Django community, which is a win-win for the City and emerging engineering talent. Karl named for SF��s infamous fog. ??? "Maya" an accessibility-focused design system, will be made available to agencies as a Gitbook-based library for websites and apps with React front-ends. Maya is named for Maya Angelou, an iconic San Franciscan, who once said ��People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.�� This quote resonates deeply with the principles of design and accessibility. ?? ?? Here in #Philadelphia, Clean & Green Philly a small non-profit, we share a similar mission��leveraging public data to provide residents with critical information about vacant properties and fostering transparency. A quick shoutout to PHL Innovation s own innovation efforts��there��s great work happening through programs like Phila.gov��s redesign and digital equity initiatives. But as we look ahead in 2025, we��d love to see a revival of the Vacant Property Indicator (VPI) model. It was an invaluable tool for transparency and action, and bringing it back online (open source) could make a huge difference for residents and organizations like ours. https://lnkd.in/edqHkimp Let��s keep pushing for smarter, more inclusive digital services in Philly! ???? #CivicTech #PublicData #DigitalInnovation #DataforGood #VacantProperties

One year anniversary of this The Philadelphia Citizen article about our work! ??

Two former City leaders Mark Wheeler and Eliza Erickson got together to talk shop on the podcast No BS Bureaucracy this week. Tune in to hear about how government innovation is essential and not always fancy! "People, place, process" is the mantra that inspired Eliza's work developing the Innovation Academy, Fund, and Consulting, and we still use it today.

A few weeks ago, the 11th Cohort of the City's Academy for Municipal Innovation graduated with members from over 16 different departments and our wonderful SEPTA partners! Led by professors Dana Scott and Jeffrey Klemens, PhD from the Thomas Jefferson University Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce in conjunction with the awesome PHL Innovation team (Tara Woody, Andrew Buss, and Kelsey Hubbell) this 12-week program connected us into the world of human-centered design methodologies, systems thinking and stakeholder engagement, to help process and define potential problems. Being students of life-long learning, it was great to be back on a school campus 1 day a week, to immerse ourselves into fostering new connections within our network and work through learning a diverse array of tools to help analyze potential solutions to our problems. I'm proud of the work we completed and really used this opportunity to think of ways we can better leverage internal communications across all employees with the City of Philadelphia. This work directly impacted the research and development of a project I hope to share soon! Can't wait to deepen these new relationships and stay engaged in the AMI Alumni Network moving forward! P.S. Huge thank you to Albert Lee for the in-action shots showcased here!

I spent the day in Harrisburg, PA yesterday with the Public Sector Network & the PHL Innovation crew for the annual Government Innovation Pennsylvania Summit. We got to talk shop about how the City of Philadelphia has been planting seeds of innovation for over a decade and our ecosystem continues to grow across departments and administrations! We also got to hear from practitioners and public sector leaders from across the state. The value of listening and collaborating with one another is essential to providing high quality and equitable services to residents in all parts of the Commonwealth. CC Tara Woody & Andrew Buss

Thankful for these turkeys! ?? We had a great cohort this year (and every year). We are very grateful to do impactful and meaningful work with other passionate public sector workers every day! Wishing everyone and safe and savory holiday weekend. ??

???? Steve we appreciated all of your great ideas and are so happy to have you as part of the Innovation Network!

Check out two of our Innovation Alumni Stephanie & Waffiyyah talking about Indego Bike Share! ??????��???��?

Wow! The 11th Cohort of the Academy of Municipal Innovation (AMI) flew by. This incredible group of dedicated and creative public sector workers are now part of our growing Innovation Alumni Network! Over the course of 10 weeks City employees learned new innovation skills and how to apply them to their problem statements. The program is also an awesome opportunity to work across departments and gain perspective you may not have gotten from behind your computer screen or in your cubicle. Read more about this year's Academy & congratulate these incredible graduates!

Academy of Municipal Innovation Week 9: we love peer learning with AMI alumni! Some wise words from Amanda Gamble, one of our Innovation All-Stars: "It's okay that it's never been done before. We're going to try it anyway." ?? Thank you, as always, Andrew, Ashley, Elizabeth, Emily, Graham, and Carla for sharing your time, experience, and expertise with the group.