Laura Kinsell-Baer

Laura Kinsell-Baer

CivTech St. Louis is a nonprofit working closely with St. Louis’ local government jurisdictions that is focused on introducing technology- and user-based solutions into everyday inefficiencies in government.

CivTech St. Louis is a nonprofit working closely with St. Louis’ local government jurisdictions that is focused on introducing technology- and user-based solutions into everyday inefficiencies in government. The first project of this young organization, funded by the MacArthur Foundation’s Civic Tech and Data Collaborative, is YourSTLCourts, a web- and text-based portal into highly fragmented and dispersed information from the municipal courts. This work was borne out of Ms. Kinsell-Baer’s interest and experience in data- and equity-driven planning policy.

By day, Ms. Kinsell-Baer is a Project Manager at McCormack Baron Salazar, one of the nation’s top mixed-income housing developers. Currently, Laura is managing the development of over 950 new construction apartments in two of HUD’s Choice Neighborhoods in Louisville, Kentucky, and Columbus, Ohio.

Laura Kinsell-Baer

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Engaging Hard to Reach Users in Designing Civic Tech

Designing useful tech solutions requires working “with, not for” the community to solve problems. A civic tech and data collaborative in St. Louis reflects on how they engaged their end users—residents navigating the county court system. When St. Louis’ municipal court system came into the national spotlight in late 2014, our local Civic Tech and Data Collaborative—a partnership between Open …

Court Data in St. Louis County: Sharing Sensitively

A civic tech collaborative from St. Louis has developed a solution to help non-violent traffic offenders trapped in the court system.

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