Include a project description that explains what your project is and why it exists. Aim for no more than 3-5 concise sentences. For example, you might say:
{Project Name} is a project of {Your Brigade}. {Your Brigade} is a brigade of a Code for America that exists to {your mission}. {Project Name} helps {target users} accomplish {goal of project}. The {app/site/thing you're building}'s main features include {very brief feature descriptions}.
Civic projects often exist within a larger context that may include multiple stakeholders, historic relationships, associated research, or other details that are relevant but not required for direct contributions. Gathering these details in one place is useful, but the ReadMe isn't that place. Use this section to link to a Google Doc or other documentation repository where contributors can dig in if they so choose. This is also a good place to link to your Code of Conduct.