What a seriously awesome resource! Thank you for putting this together, and sharing all of the real examples from around the country too.
I'm curious — how do you think about the role that local online spaces like town/city-wide Facebook groups, Discord servers, or subreddits (things like "[City] Friends & Neighbors" or "[City] Bulletin Board") play in this whole vision? There may be some challenges with these kinds of spaces being run by a govt department or employee, but maybe there are opportunities for funding/micro-grants, or other types of collaboration? It strikes me that these can be really powerful, and a force multiplier for recruiting & getting the word out for many of the other things in the toolkit.
In reality, cities are complicated in so many ways, and membership do not seem to a viable proposal except for a very small city.
This small city also needs to be unique in its culture for some historic context because the modern external variables that influence a city can be too challenging to handle for a city for a sustainable membership model.
What a seriously awesome resource! Thank you for putting this together, and sharing all of the real examples from around the country too.
I'm curious — how do you think about the role that local online spaces like town/city-wide Facebook groups, Discord servers, or subreddits (things like "[City] Friends & Neighbors" or "[City] Bulletin Board") play in this whole vision? There may be some challenges with these kinds of spaces being run by a govt department or employee, but maybe there are opportunities for funding/micro-grants, or other types of collaboration? It strikes me that these can be really powerful, and a force multiplier for recruiting & getting the word out for many of the other things in the toolkit.
Ban gas powered leaf blowers
Interesting and of course I see the merits.
In reality, cities are complicated in so many ways, and membership do not seem to a viable proposal except for a very small city.
This small city also needs to be unique in its culture for some historic context because the modern external variables that influence a city can be too challenging to handle for a city for a sustainable membership model.