Software built on Illinois public records

AlderWorks turns free Illinois government data (city violations, permits and inspections, county property records, legislative votes) into tools people can act on. Every fact links back to the public record it came from.

Products

Rootstone

Coming soon

Daily leads for Chicago contractors from city violations, permits and inspections

Buildings the City of Chicago has cited for problems your trade fixes, grouped by address, with owner mailing addresses for direct mail. Sold as trade packs or a discounted bundle.

How Rootstone works

Prairie Record

Coming soon

Part of the AlderWorks civic suite · IL

Your Illinois lawmakers, bills and statehouse news, on the record

Follow your state and federal lawmakers, see how they voted and track bills through the General Assembly, with nonpartisan Illinois government news. No rankings or scores, just the record.

Visit Prairie Record

Bid intelligence (name TBD)

Coming soon

Open public bids, contract renewals and past winning prices

Public jobs for Illinois contractors: open bids, upcoming contract renewals and what past contracts sold for.

How we work with public data

  • Only official open-data portals and public pages whose terms allow automated access.
  • We store facts and a link to each original record, not copies of government documents.
  • Every page and email names its sources and the date of the data.
  • Leads point contractors to direct mail, never to automated calls or texts.