CitySourced was introduced today as one of the finalists at TechCrunch50. CitySourced is a realtime mobile civic engagement tool. CitySourced provides:
- a free, simple, and intuitive tool empowering citizens to identify civil issues (potholes, graffiti, trash, snow removal, etc) and report them to city hall for quick resolution;
- an opportunity for government to use technology to save money and be more accountable to those they govern; and
- a positive, collaborative platform for real action.
The platform is called CitySourced, as it empowers ordinary citizens to crowdsourse solutions for common civil issues. CitySourced is powered by FreeomSpeaks, the leader in interactive civic engagement.
It’s cool to see new products like this coming on the scene. I wouldn’t expect to see this level of innovation coming out of city hall so it’s cool to see it being done by civic entrepreneurs (civic is the new green). The question is, are the civic leaders savvy enough to implement this type of system or will they be resistant to change?
