Active citizenship with a competitive twist!

Website

http://htownbingo.com

How would you cultivate a deeper relationship with the community you’d like to serve?

Htown Bingo is a community-building game for Houstonians. After a resident makes a report through SeeClickFix, an online tool and mobile app that lets you report community problems in real-time, tweet a picture of the reported issue with the tags #htownbingo. If you don’t use Twitter, don’t worry, you can also play using Facebook. SeeClickFix is an online and mobile app that lets residents instantly map community problems for city officials to see. It’s had great results in D.C., San Francisco, Richmond and many other cities. I'm trying to give it the push it needs with a community game called Htown Bingo. The game introduces Houstonians to SeeClickFix and rewards them for using it to report problems like potholes and broken street lamps. You can find details at htownbingo.com and at seeclickfix.com.

How would you use the $1,000 to turn your idea into a reality?

I initially launched HtownBingo when I was unemployed and had $500 left in my savings account. In addition, I had just moved back to Houston after 8 years and did not have a large social media network.

The $1,000 would be used to gather help from other bloggers/social media enthusiasts in Houston (pay for breakfast / lunch meetup) to get their ideas and support on how to relaunch HtownBingo. In addition, the money would be used to pay for prizes that residents would win, and any production work that is needed (website).

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