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I spoke more about the company recently in another thread [1]. The company is called Citieo [2]. We're based out of Michigan. We work with tiny towns (usually
by freehunter 7y ago
I spoke more about the company recently in another thread [1].
The company is called Citieo [2]. We're based out of Michigan. We work with tiny towns (usually less than 10k people, average is about 5500 residents) that have downtowns already built but the majority of their population leaves to spend their money and their time elsewhere.
Our public-facing presence is a digital media outlet (website, app, facebook) for each city we cover, but most of our work is done face-to-face with local business owners, the Chamber of Commerce, and the city government. We see a lot of NIMBY-ism and fear propagated on social media and in outlets like Next Door/Citizen/Neighbors, and we want to foster a real life community in your real life downtown. Outdoor, face to face.
We still have a lot of work to do (a lot of work) but we're a pretty small organization working as hard as we can with not a lot of money.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19971460 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19971460
[2] https://citieo.com/posts/citieo-real-life https://citieo.com/posts/citieo-real-life
- bovermyer 7y agoThat's an impressive goal. A friend of mine who lives in Spencer, IA is faced with the problem you describe, and is working to combat it. I'm curious about Citieo and Soli; I'll send an email to the support address on your website, if that's alright.