The Pittsburgh CitiWiki ProjectHow do you get more people in Pittsburgh involved in moving the city forward?
How
can we harness the intellectual capital that digital communities can
offer to create real transformation? How can Pittsburgh tap the power
of the web to tackle major issues crucial to its success so the region
can move forward and become the great 21st century city we all want it
to be? Pop City, in partnership with cityLIVE!, has teamed up with
author and thought leader Chip Walter to bring you Pittsburgh Wiki, a
bold, innovative plan to get everyone involved in making our region a
better place to live.
We are identifying key issues to tackle,
such as strategies for attracting new businesses and ways to attract
young people to the region, and keep graduates here. Our first wiki
will take on
transportation solutions for our region, tied in to the
Pop City-sponsored cityLIVE event on July 24th, 2008.
Our problems aren’t unique
to Pittsburgh, but our solutions can be. The idea is to give voice to
people interested in regional issues and provide them a tool for
collaboratively and democratically developing concrete plans to
influence positive change. How? By generating real documents that apply
real -- and expert -- solutions to real world problems. We're going to take this Wiki document and turn it into a plan that we'll present to policymakers in the region. We'll know it's a success when we affect change. Please be a part of it.
Go to
Pittsburgh Wiki now to find out much more -- and get going on the Wiki!