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Turning WARN Act layoff notices into a weekly dataset (CA, NY, OR, WA)

When a large employer plans a plant closing or mass layoff in the US, the federal WARN Act generally requires advance written notice, usually 60 days, and states publish those notices. Some states go

5d ago · 3 min readgroundplanes.hashnode.dev

Pulling restaurant health inspection data via API (9 US jurisdictions, JSON out)

Restaurant health inspection results are public almost everywhere in the US, but every county publishes them differently: Socrata APIs, ArcGIS layers, CSV dumps, or a search form that only shows one p

2Oct 19 · 3 min readgroundplanes.hashnode.dev

Finding distressed-property leads from city code-violation data

Most "driving for dollars" lists are built by literally driving around looking for overgrown yards and boarded windows. Cities already do that driving for you. Code inspectors log every complaint, ins

Oct 19 · 3 min readgroundplanes.hashnode.dev

Fresh new-business leads from city license filings (and the compliance traps)

When a business registers for a city license, the filing often becomes public within days: name, owner, business type, address and start date. For anyone selling to brand-new businesses (POS systems,

2Oct 19 · 3 min readgroundplanes.hashnode.dev

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Turning WARN Act layoff notices into a weekly dataset (CA, NY, OR, WA)

Pulling restaurant health inspection data via API (9 US jurisdictions, JSON out)

Finding distressed-property leads from city code-violation data

Fresh new-business leads from city license filings (and the compliance traps)

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Turning WARN Act layoff notices into a weekly dataset (CA, NY, OR, WA)

Pulling restaurant health inspection data via API (9 US jurisdictions, JSON out)

Finding distressed-property leads from city code-violation data

Fresh new-business leads from city license filings (and the compliance traps)

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Turning WARN Act layoff notices into a weekly dataset (CA, NY, OR, WA)

Pulling restaurant health inspection data via API (9 US jurisdictions, JSON out)

Finding distressed-property leads from city code-violation data

Fresh new-business leads from city license filings (and the compliance traps)

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Groundplane Labs's blogs

Turning WARN Act layoff notices into a weekly dataset (CA, NY, OR, WA)

Pulling restaurant health inspection data via API (9 US jurisdictions, JSON out)

Finding distressed-property leads from city code-violation data

Fresh new-business leads from city license filings (and the compliance traps)