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Author: bstabler

README.md

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-## Welcome to GitHub Pages
+The ActivitySim project emerged from a consortium of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) and other transportation planning agencies that wanted to build a shared, open, platform that could be easily adapted to their individual needs, but would share a robust, efficient, and well-maintained common core.
 
-You can use the [editor on GitHub](https://github.com/ActivitySim/activitysim.github.io/edit/master/README.md) to maintain and preview the content for your website in Markdown files.
+![AMPO](ampo.png)
 
-Whenever you commit to this repository, GitHub Pages will run [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com/) to rebuild the pages in your site, from the content in your Markdown files.
-
-### Markdown
-
-Markdown is a lightweight and easy-to-use syntax for styling your writing. It includes conventions for
-
-```markdown
-Syntax highlighted code block
-
-# Header 1
-## Header 2
-### Header 3
-
-- Bulleted
-- List
-
-1. Numbered
-2. List
-
-**Bold** and _Italic_ and `Code` text
-
-[Link](url) and ![Image](src)
-```
-
-For more details see [GitHub Flavored Markdown](https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/).
-
-### Jekyll Themes
-
-Your Pages site will use the layout and styles from the Jekyll theme you have selected in your [repository settings](https://github.com/ActivitySim/activitysim.github.io/settings). The name of this theme is saved in the Jekyll `_config.yml` configuration file.
-
-### Support or Contact
-
-Having trouble with Pages? Check out our [documentation](https://help.github.com/categories/github-pages-basics/) or [contact support](https://github.com/contact) and we’ll help you sort it out.
+The Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations Research Foundation (AMPORF), a federal 501(c)(3) organization, administers ActivitySim.

_config.yml

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 theme: jekyll-theme-cayman
 title: ActivitySim
-description: ActivitySim is an open platform for activity-based travel modeling. It emerged from a consortium of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) and other transportation planning agencies that wanted to build a shared, open, platform that could be easily adapted to their individual needs, but would share a robust, efficient, and well-maintained common core.
+description: An open platform for activity-based travel modeling
+