Citygram is a notifications platform for subscribing to your city, whether it’s bylay violations in your area or building permits along your commute. Sign up to find out about the things that matter to you where they matter to you. We currently have the site working for building permits, give it a try: https://www.citygram.org/edmonton.

HOW IT WORKS

Citygram is a web application that can be hooked up to your city’s open data platform. To create the notifications, the application regularly checks for new data and transforms it into human speak according to a template you define.

Here’s the open source code