Azavea Joins the Stripe Climate Effort for Carbon Removal
By Stephanie Thome on March 2nd, 2021
Azavea joins the Stripe Climate effort and will contribute 2% to carbon removal technologies as a part of our commitment to the environment.
Five Strategies for Building a Bootstrapped Product
By Jessica Cahail, Deb Boyer, Tyler Gilcrest and Stephanie Thome on July 28th, 2020
Without taking on copious outside investment, we have to support our products with only a share of our available time and resources. Here are five strategies we use to build successful bootstrapped products.
Without Local News, I Can’t Do My Job
By Stephanie Thome on December 5th, 2019
The Cicero Team often relies on local news websites to keep our elected official data up to date. However, local news is on the decline and websites are harder to navigate. This post discusses the impact the lack of local election results may have on civic engagement.
Access Local Elected Official Data for Canadian Cities
By Stephanie Thome on April 25th, 2019
The Cicero database is expanding to cover elected officials and electoral districts in 50 new Canadian cities.
Why You Shouldn’t Keep Politics out of the Workplace
By Stephanie Thome on November 29th, 2018
More companies are taking their impact on the world into consideration and consumers are paying attention. Can being political be profitable?
Visualizing Redistricted Legislative Districts
By Stephanie Thome on October 30th, 2018
Why we created a free tool to help you find out if your area is redistricting before your next election. Visualize your new legislative districts on a map.