https://blog.plantogether.city/ Recent content on Plan Together - Blog Hugo -- gohugo.io Sun, 20 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.plantogether.city/post/contest-winner-1/ Sun, 20 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.plantogether.city/post/contest-winner-1/ Hello, I just wanted to quickly announce the winner of the contest we were running: Kelsey from Santa Rosa! Congratulations, you have won a $100 gift card to Amazon.com! I wanted to thank all of you for your contributions! Over 90 items were posting throughout the month, making it one of the most active ones yet! Posting ideas and information about your municipality on the collaborative map kick-starts a process of transparency and innovation. https://blog.plantogether.city/post/collaborate-and-win-1/ Tue, 11 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.plantogether.city/post/collaborate-and-win-1/ Update: Extended to September 18th! Hello Everyone! I am excited to announce our first ever Collaborate and Win Contest! This will be a great chance to discuss and improve our cities, towns and communities, with a chance to Win a $100 USD Amazon Gift Card! Contest Rules Between August 11th and September 11th (Midnight EST),every item added to the map and shared on social media will count as a contest ticket. https://blog.plantogether.city/post/community-update-vol-4/ Thu, 30 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.plantogether.city/post/community-update-vol-4/ I hope you are doing well! After a slower two months, I wanted to provide an update on Plan Together. We have continued to grow steadily and we are positioned as the best online community for voicing urban design opinions. I’m very excited for what the future holds! Big Platform Update News: Plan Together now supports Tagging! This is a game-changing feature that makes Plan Together a lot more interesting and user-friendly. https://blog.plantogether.city/post/community-update-vol-3/ Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.plantogether.city/post/community-update-vol-3/ Third times the charm! Surprisingly, we made it to our third update! Thanks to all of you, Plan Together keeps growing even during the COVID-19 pandemic. Open and interactive discussion/planning has clearly struck a chord. I was even a guest on a Strong Towns podcast (More on that below). As more cities around the world are looking to alter their landscapes to enable social distancing and walking/biking, I think this is a tremendous opportunity to encourage the use of Plan Together to make sure these changes serve the community and make our public spaces better. https://blog.plantogether.city/post/community-update-vol-2/ Fri, 20 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.plantogether.city/post/community-update-vol-2/ Hello again! We made it to our second update! It’s been just over a month since I opened Plan Together to the public. Thousands of people have accessed the platform and hundreds of items and comments have been added to the map. Most importantly, a community of engaged citizens is starting to emerge. People care about their cities and towns. It’s very exciting! On a more somber note, the world is going through a tough time right now. https://blog.plantogether.city/post/march-platform-updates/ Thu, 12 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.plantogether.city/post/march-platform-updates/ It’s been just over a month since I opened Plan Together to the public. Thousands of people have accessed the platform and hundreds of items and comments have been added to the map. Most importantly, a community of engaged citizens is starting to emerge. People care about their cities and towns. It’s very exciting! All this activity and feedback has kept me motivated to keep adding to the software platform itself. https://blog.plantogether.city/post/community-update-vol-1/ Sun, 16 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.plantogether.city/post/community-update-vol-1/ Hello! Welcome to our first Update! I wanted to thank you for signing up for Plan Together! Urban housing, layout, design and transportation are some of the most crucial issues of our time. You’ve joined the mission to make our homes, cities, towns, communities and lives better. Using a collaborative map, Plan Together hopes to change the culture of apathy around urban issues and empower citizens, planners and governments into moving forward. https://blog.plantogether.city/post/why/ Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.plantogether.city/post/why/ As I walk, I often think to myself about the world around me. Some of the things I see; I love. Some things annoy me. Some places are missing something, and other places are too full. 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