Participation emerged as a Smarter Communities topic area at The People’s Roadmap Workshop – Manhattan Edition (December 7, 2017). Use this thread to continue that discussion!
Community thoughts about Current State
- Government avoidance of activists/malcontent in some communities
- Jargon overload in tech deters some participants
- Neglect of some communities
- Not easy to get access to existing community groups
- No info/data on volunteer stewardship groups and the ours they donate to the city
- Digital divide - high vs low literacy of digital world
- Struggle with negotiating technological determinism vs facilitating self-determinism
- Lack of resources to enable civic entrepreneurs to bring their solutions to life