The City of Joplin's new website is the result of a three day hackathon hosted by CivicPlus. The Joplin Hackathon took place April 27-29 at Joplin's City Hall where teams of website designers and developers came together to take part in a creative and inspirational weekend. The result? A new official government website for the City of Joplin and a citizen engagement model for cities and counties around the world.
The new site showcases many of the community engagement features of the CivicPlus system, including emergency alerts, Citizen Request Tracker, email and text message subscriptions, and Joplin's Voice - a module that gives residents an open forum for dialogue on topics that matter to them. Ideas and opinions can be voted up or down, and the city has a chance to enact ideas based on feedback.
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“Rebuilding Joplin is more than just bricks and mortar. CivicPlus has helped us rebuild Joplin’s digital home and brought new ideas to old ways of doing things. Their gift to our city is another example of The Miracle of the Human Spirit that so many volunteers have shown over this past year.”
Melodee Colbert-Kean, Mayor
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