Second annual Go Code Colorado app challenge set to begin

BOULDER —  Go Code Colorado will start its second annual statewide civic app challenge Wednesday night with a kick-off event at the Denver Art Museum, and teams will begin a weekend challenge Friday, April 10, in five cities across the state — Fort Collins, Denver, Colorado Springs, Durango and Grand Junction.

The challenge requires contestants to create a mobile app that makes use of public data that provides a service.

Ten semi-finalists will qualify for a mentor weekend to be held in Boulder April 24 where they will refine their ideas, and then pitch their apps in May at an event in Denver to determine the winner that will receive a cash prize of $25,000 and a contract from the state.

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Last year, a team of software developers from Fort Collins won the inaugural Go Code Colorado challenge with an app called Beagle Score. The app allows users to find the best place to call home by providing publicly available information about any given location.

Go Code Colorado won the Colorado Technology Association’s APEX award for Technology Project of the Year in 2014, and was honored by Harvard’s Kennedy School for Democratic Government and Innovation as a Bright Idea in this year’s Innovations in American Government Awards competition.

Jamey Wood, chief technology officer of Denver-based Wayin, will keynote the kick-off event that begins at 6 p.m. in Denver. Wayin makes tools to analyze and integrate social content into sales, service and marketing efforts.

Go Code Colorado is organized the Colorado Secretary of State’s office and Colorado’s Office of Economic Development and International Trade.