Prototype: Neighbor.ly
app: Helping Communities
Be Neighborly
Create a platform that combines and
fills in the holes of NextDoor and Facebook by creating hyper-local communities through a platform via block captains. The platform will be accessible
on desktop, tablet, and smartphones
and will push emergency alerts to
SMS, landlines, and TV tickers and
local info channel. The platform will
help facilitate communication between
neighbors and help keep citizens safe
through more effective and localized
emergency alerts.
Participant quote
"During research, we walked a neighborhood and talked to people we met
on the street. It quickly became obvious that whatever we thought the
problem was, wasn't. The older folks
didn't lack access to current technology, they just didn't want it. So, if we
were to get inter-generational neighbors talking to each other, we had to
meet them where they're at. Biggest
insight... who knew that grannies did
so much text messaging!"
-Jim Green,
Community Member
Winner: Best prototype