diff --git a/app/controllers/base.py b/app/controllers/base.py
index bbea4d71fd54712fed3ed5cd194800886617d2b7..6b6c143a890052ab90c2c4f0d2a7444e5338928a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/base.py
+++ b/app/controllers/base.py
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ class RestController(object):
             raise NotFound
         return model
 
-    def post(self, data, filter_data):
-        """Post a new model from a dictionary."""
+    def create(self, data, filter_data):
+        """Creates a model, but does not add it to the database."""
         model = self.Model()
         form = self.get_form(filter_data)(formdata=MultiDict(data))
 
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ class RestController(object):
             raise BadRequest(form.errors)
 
         form.populate_obj(model)
+        return model
+
+    def post(self, data, filter_data):
+        """Post a new model from a dictionary."""
+        model = self.create(data, filter_data)
         db.session.add(model)
         self.commit()
 
diff --git a/app/models/project.py b/app/models/project.py
index 36e3c770dd7aaeab2a8aaa467de0944cc0acc11b..af250c46e15089f713a5670af1bbaa87ce680c0b 100644
--- a/app/models/project.py
+++ b/app/models/project.py
@@ -1,10 +1,36 @@
 """Models directly-relating to the top-level project."""
+import re
 from app.lib.database import db
 from app.models.base import Model, Tracked, SalesForce
 
 
 class Project(Model, Tracked, SalesForce, db.Model):
     """A project."""
+    client_id = db.Column(
+        db.Integer, db.ForeignKey('client.id'), nullable=False)
+    place_id = db.Column(
+        db.Integer, db.ForeignKey('place.id'), nullable=False)
+
+    name = db.Column(db.Unicode(255), nullable=False)
+
+    @property
+    def computed_slug(self):
+        """Compute a slug by doing the following:
+            - Lowercase the name.
+            - Replace spaces with "-".  Replace "/", "?", "=", "&", and ":"
+                with nothing.
+            - Truncate to 200 characters.
+            - Append a dash and the id.
+        """
+        slug = self.name.lower()
+        slug = re.sub(
+            r'(\s|\/|\?|\=|\&|:)/g',
+            lambda m: '-' if m.group(0).isspace() else '',
+            slug)
+        slug = slug[:200]
+        slug = '{}-{}'.format(slug, self.id)
+        return slug
+
     # TODO SQLAlchemy < 1.1 does not support the use of a python enum in Enum
     #   fields, so for now we have to use a list of strings.  When 1.1 leaves
     #   beta, this should be ported to the Enum below.
@@ -33,17 +59,17 @@ class Project(Model, Tracked, SalesForce, db.Model):
         'customer_reviewed', 'approved', 'financed', 'contracted',
         'constructed', 'verified', 'paid'
     ]
-
-    client_id = db.Column(
-        db.Integer, db.ForeignKey('client.id'), nullable=False)
-    place_id = db.Column(
-        db.Integer, db.ForeignKey('place.id'), nullable=False)
-    name = db.Column(db.Unicode(255), nullable=False)
     state = db.Column(
         db.Enum(*states, name='project_states'),
         default='pending',
         nullable=False)
 
+    def get_dictionary(self):
+        """Add the calculated slug to the dictionary."""
+        d = super(Project, self).get_dictionary()
+        d.update({'slug': self.computed_slug})
+        return d
+
 
 class ProjectStateChange(Model, Tracked, db.Model):
     """A state change of a project."""