Story Time with Mark Noonan "How We Won $40,000 at a Hackathon & Gave it Away"
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A local hackathon entry wins a $40,000 prize after a months long, shark‑tank style selection process for a prototype that addresses MARTA’s paratransit scheduling gaps and the clunky call‑in workflow. The team decides in advance to donate the money to disability nonprofits, sending most funds directly to chosen organizations and a portion to a computer education program in Mexico. A vendor later pilots a similar system with MARTA, giving the project real deployment traction.
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