SeeClickFix encourages residents to become citizens by participating in taking care of and improving their neighborhoods. We allow anyone to:
See - see a non-emergency issue in your neighborhood
Click - open a ticket describing the issue and what can be done to resolve it
Fix - publicly report the issue to everyone for resolution
Imagine a world where every citizen feels empowered and part of their neighborhood. Imagine if everyone trusted and felt taken care of by their local government. We know there are already a lot of involved citizens and hard-working local authorities and service people. We seek to use the power of the internet to bring them closer together and reach even more people.
The founders of SeeClickFix live in New Haven, Connecticut, USA, Planet Earth. We love our home (in fact one of our founders is well known for designing and and selling a local-pride T-shirt) and at the same time we know that any community can be improved. The most avid users of SeeClickFix will be those that love their home.
A few local governments have enough sophistication to run functional websites or 311 hot lines. Most do not have the resources to do much more than brochure-ware. Our site is a place for citizens from anywhere to give their local government a website that tracks local issues. No set-up time. No hiring consultants to study the issue. Just SeeClickFix.
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Seriously, how cool is this idea? I know we all have seen something in passing that needs to be fixed in our community and it's easy to just sigh and think "oh....local government." Just keep in mind there are plenty of hard working people out there within the government who just may not be aware of your issue. Give those folks the benefit of the doubt and use SeeClickFix to proactively make a difference with your local issues. Also- SeeClickFix is enabled in 72 languages and is looking for translators, contact them today if you are interested in being involved. Check out the community groups, they create watch areas on the site so that they can alert each other to issues in their neighborhood. SeeClickFix also has two iPhone apps in the store for reporting with City Gov!
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