LANSING – A team from the Grand Rapids area recently took home the grand prize and $15,000 at Code Michigan. The second annual event began Friday and ran through Sunday, Oct. 5.

Residents from around the state competed at three different locations in Detroit, Newaygo and Marquette. First, second and third place awards were presented to competitors at all three locations, with all three first place winners competing for the grand prize of $10,000.

Eric Buehler, Josh Hulst and Ryan Graffy, all of the Grand Rapids area, won the first-place prize in Newaygo and the Code Michigan grand prize for their ?SnowFi? application, which shows where snow plows are and what roads have been cleared for safer commutes.

?It was great to be a part of Code Michigan and we?re ecstatic that we won,? Buehler said.

The first place winning app out of Detroit was ?NeigborFood? by Andrew Holman, Imran Raja, Abdul Miah and Jonathon Jones, all of southeast Michigan. The team took home $5,000 for their efforts to create a farm-to-table app that will let shoppers connect with local farmers for fresh produce and products.

?Code Michigan was the first event our team has participated in as a whole,? Holman said. ?It was an amazing time and really pushed us to our limits. There were a lot of talented developers across the state participating, so we were honored to be a part of it.?

The team of Jim Argeropoulos, Lynn Makela, Chris Marr and Ed Vielmetti won first place and $5,000 in Marquette for their ?Marquette Gravesite Locator? app, which will allow individuals to search for and find gravesites in Marquette County.

?It was really exciting to have Code Michigan come to Marquette,? Argeropoulos said. ?I?m thrilled that we took first place here and I look forward to participating again next year.?

Civic coding is the act of creating works of software for the purpose of promoting government transparency, citizen engagement, government efficiency, public policy, and monitoring emerging issues and economic development.

?This weekend some code developers across the state showed what can happen when they use their skills for the public good,? said David Behen, director of the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget and state CIO. ?Congratulations to all our participants I look forward to seeing their submissions hit the app store.?

The state worked with several sponsors to make Code Michigan happen, including the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Google, Bizdom, Socrata, Dewpoint, IBM, Renaissance Venture Capital Fund, Accenture, GovDelivery, Altimetrik, AT&T, UNISYS, Haworth, Nestle, GravityWorks, MiHelp, OPTUM, PwC and CGI.