This project was a group effort as part of the 2026 NYU Urban Informatics for Safe, Just, and Thriving Communities Hackathon. Spun up from an idea established by Columbia University and Project Restore Bed-Stuy and data inspired by Everyday Peace Indicators, the site provides a way for local residents to tackle community issues, gather insights about safety, and take action to self-organize and make lasting change. The app uses Ollama RAG to aggregate data about community safety, ensuring all voices are heard.

Running locally

1. Install Ollama: curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh and install a model: ollama pull qwen3.5:2b.
2. Create a virtual environment & install requirements:

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run the app with python3 app.py and navigate to a web browser: http://localhost:5001/