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Locations of issued construction permits. This dataset can be a useful tool for tracking city real estate development trends, including neighborhoods most at risk of gentrification or disinvestment, as well as for tracking specific development projects and holding developers and city planners accountable. (More info)
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Openly licensed | Yes | |
| Available in bulk | Yes | |
| Up-to-date | Yes | |
| Available free online | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| In an open format | CSV, RDF, TSV, XML | |
| findable | 3 | |
| findable_steps | Searched for "montgomery county open data" on Google, clicked on the dataMontgomery site, clicked on "Licenses/Permits," searched for construction permits | |
| licence_url | According to the "About this Dataset" section on the data pages, the data is in the public domain | |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 3 | |
| collector_name | Department of Permitting Services | |
| characteristics | Date of issue, Address, Permit type, Work description | |
| location | https://data.montgomerycountymd.gov/Licenses-Permits/Re - Montgomery County Open Data site, https://data.montgomerycountymd.gov/Licenses-Permits/Co - Montgomery County Open Data site, https://data.montgomerycountymd.gov/Licenses-Permits/El - Montgomery County Open Data site, https://data.montgomerycountymd.gov/Licenses-Permits/Me - Montgomery County Open Data site |
