Go Code Colorado, a new CO-based app development hackathon, is in full swing this week. Seeded by funds distributed by the Joint Budget Committee, the program also represents a list of sponsors including Google, Engine 7 Media, SendGrid, ESRI, Rally Software, Downtown Colorado Springs, Gnip, Wdesk, Brand Colorado, and Commerce Kitchen. The challenge aims to make public data more accessible and streamlined. Teams of programmers and innovators across Colorado will be competing to determine app solutions for business problems that will help grow our statewide economic infrastructure.
If you are attending as a programmer, designer, marketer, innovator, entrepreneur or a general visionary, be sure to show your support by repping their unique round sticker design. The iconic branding is sure to catch your eye and by plastering it everywhere, it will help the organization drive more support and funding for the challenge.
Go Code Colorado is still looking for resources and support. Be part of an innovated new way of surfacing economic sustainability and get involved. The people behind the organization are already turning heads in the local tech scene and this state-funded venture is sure offer endless resources to help propel our business-friendly state.