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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'>It’s hackathon season! Spring has sprung, and the hackathons are blooming. Alameda County is having a hackathon on <b><span style='color:#1F497D'>April 27th</span></b><span style='color:#1F497D'>. </span>We are promoting the use of <b><span style='color:#1F497D'>open data</span></b><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>to design, build and create an innovative concept, web and/or mobile app that will benefit Alameda County residents, businesses and/or visitors and of course YOU. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'>Yes, you can improve your local government and your community. It’s 1 day and 5 hours of hacking. Come, take the challenge, the AC Apps Challenge 2013.1.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Register @ <b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://code.acgov.org"><span style='color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'>http://code.acgov.org</span></a>.</span></b><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>When: April 27, 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Time: 8:30 am to 7:00 pm – 5 incredible hours of hacking somewhere in the middle!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Where: Berkeley High School – one block from the Downtown Berkeley Bart Station <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Follow us on twitter at <b><span style='color:#1F497D'>@ACDATA</span></b><span style='color:#1F497D'>, </span>send us a tweet and pass on the word<span style='color:#1F497D'> <b>#ACApps.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>We’ll see you there.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ram<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>