Public Service Announcement

                             Apps4Halifax Contest Winners Announced

Monday, January 20, 2014 - Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) and IBM, the Apps4Halifax Open Data Contest title sponsor, announced the contest winners during an Awards Ceremony and Reception at the World Trade and Convention Centre on Saturday evening. Developers were presented over $44,000 in cash prizes and the success of the Open Data Pilot project was celebrated.

The winning apps in each category were:

Your City
Gold– HALIFICATION submitted by Majd Hussini
Silver – Halifax Crime Map submitted by David Hamp-Gonsalves
Bronze – Hike Halifax submitted by Hurlbz (Adam, Steve, Andrew)
Student – Historic HaliTour submitted by Jeremy Tupper
People's Choice - HALIFICATION submitted by Majd Hussini

Go Green
Gold – HALIFICATION submitted by Majd Hussini
Silver – Halifax Waste Collection submitted by Steve Boutilier
Bronze – Parku submitted by JustUs League
Student – Eco Guru submitted by Lakshmi Venkatesan
People's Choice - HALIFICATION submitted by Majd Hussini

Live It Up
Gold – Smiliest submitted by Jenny Hastings-James
Silver – Historic Halitour submitted by Jeremy Tupper
Bronze (Tie) – Stroll Halifax submitted by Colibri Software/Halifax Parks submitted by Kris Luttmer
Student – Historic Halitour submitted by Jeremy Tupper
People's Choice - Halifax Explorer submitted by Jerome Pelletier

Keep’er Movin’
Gold – Halifax Traffic submitted by Kris Luttmer
Silver – KnowTime Transit App submitted by KNOWtime Commuter Technology Development
Bronze – Transit360 submitted by MindSea Development Inc.
Student – Easy Metro Transit submitted by Jeremy Tupper
People's Choice - Halifax Explorer submitted by Jerome Pelletier

ESRI Canada Maps in Apps Student Challenge Winners:
HFX Next Bus submitted by Tyler Pachal
Know it all submitted by Jerome Pelletier Historic HaliTour submitted by Jeremy Tupper

ESRI Canada Maps in Apps Startup Challenge Winner:
Hike Halifax submitted by Hurlbz (Adam, Steve, Andrew)

Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all who voted.

The Apps4Halifax contest was created to encourage public engagement and inspire the development of user-friendly applications for Nova Scotia citizens using HRM open data. The Open Data Pilot, launched earlier this year at data.halifax.ca, enables public viewing and use of a selection of HRM datasets free of charge a 12-month period.

HRM wishes to acknowledge and extend sincere thanks to our sponsors of Apps4Halifax: IBM, Esri Canada, Telus, Global Halifax, Metro News, Live 105, The Hub Halifax, Saint Mary’s University, McInnes Cooper, National Public Relations, Socrata, Open Text, The Lord Nelson Hotel & Suites, The Foggy Goggle, Estia Restaurant and Spring Garden Area Business Association, Halifax World Trade and Convention Centre (WTCC), Podcamp Halifax, Frischkorn Audiovisual and Lixar.

For more information about the Apps4Halifax contest, visit www.Apps4Halifax.ca or follow @hfxgov on Twitter, #apps4hfx.

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Media Contact:
Janet Bryson
Senior Communications Advisor
Halifax Regional Municipality
490-5057