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    <h1>Data & resources</h1>
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    <p>Browse the data portals, government websites, APIs and tools available in Chicago.</p>
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        <li><i class='fa fa-cloud-download'></i> <a href='#data-portals'>Data portals</a></li>
        <li><i class='fa fa-download'></i> <a href='#other-open-data-sources'> Other open data sources</a></li>
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      Data portals
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    <p>One of the best places to get open government data is from their official data portal. <a href='https://data.cityofchicago.org'>Chicago</a>, <a href='http://data.cookcountyil.gov'>Cook County</a>, <a href='https://data.illinois.gov/'>Illinois</a> and the <a href='http://www.data.gov/'>US Federal Government</a> post their data on these portals for anyone to access for free.</p>
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      <a href='https://data.cityofchicago.org'>
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        <br />City of Chicago
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      <a href='http://data.cookcountyil.gov'>
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        <br />Cook County
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      <a href='https://data.illinois.gov/'>
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        <br />State of Illinois
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      <a href='http://www.data.gov/'>
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        <br />US Federal Government
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      Other open data sources
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    <p>Open data portals and APIs available in Chicago. Are we missing any? <a href='https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtbqcVh3dkAqdDZFaTlwRlBDczVGbUtJUnNwVnZ2ZVE#gid=0'>Add them to our list!</a></p>

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