Technology
Technology use and integration into your PB initiative are some of the most important decisions you will have to make. An efficient and effective PB platform will save you hundreds of staff hours and significantly increase participation, accessibility, transparency and engagement. We help you understand which digital components will make your PB initiative a recognized success.
City PB
A PB Platform Built by Civic Trust
Our first product is a platform we built with you in mind. Yes, even before you visited this site. We worked hard to create a platform that encourages public officials, interested local leaders, and already engaged citizens to get excited about starting or enhancing their PB initiative.
Below are examples of our platform deployed in Atlanta, GA in 2019:
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Our platform offers many benefits for an overall successful PB initiative:
Community engagement - citizens can easily share ideas and projects encouraging their families, friends and neighbors to participate
Transparency - the public are informed from start to finish on the process and directly involved in decision making on allocation of public funds
Accessibility - barriers to engagement are overcome as the majority of the population consistently spends time in digital environments, which are available 24/7 from anywhere and very often multi-lingual
Reduced hours to spent elsewhere - local officials save time, energy and focus as friction is removed from the PB process
Key Features:
Allows your community to collect ideas anytime, anywhere by easily uploading photos and details and adding project locations to an interactive map
Interactive ballots can be tailored with additional information for voters to make more informed choices, but with inclusivity in mind, our platform offers authentication of both digital and paper ballots
Technical support is key for you to be able to address and mitigate any issues that arise and we’ll remain responsive throughout every stage of the PB process