OpenSourcery

This past weekend OpenSourcery hosted the launch party for Portland's Rose City Resource, online version. The Rose City Resource has long been a print booklet containing invaluable information on Portland's resources for persons experiencing homelessness and poverty. One can use the booklet to find hot meals, a place to stay, and other public resources.

Now the formerly print-only guide is available as a highly interactive, intuitive online resource. The project required the time and effort of countless people, but much of the thanks is due to Sarah Beecroft, Americorp volunteer and website project manager. Some of her words on the project, taken from their About Us page:

"The development of this website was an entirely volunteer-driven community effort; it didn't cost a physical dollar and was built with the intention of providing an existing organization with a sustainable tool to better do what they already work very hard to do well. The Rose City Resource website is a gift from the community to Street Roots to further enable them to carry out their mission of empowering individuals to find resources appropriate to their situation. This website began as my Americorps project with support from the City of Gresham, where I served a volunteer term with the Maps and Data Services Program, and was then adopted by the Portland Drupal Users Group (which I'm also a member of) as a community project. It was as near a barn-raising as I have ever seen in pixelated format."

The launch party was a blast, with much pinball, Spy Hunter, and general merrymaking. Please take a few moments and explore the amazing site that is the Rose City Resource.