Strong Philadelphia Showing At GovFresh Awards

Out of 16 categories, Philadelphia projects won or were runner up nine times in the 2011 GovFresh awards.  It is fantastic to be a part of rethinking and acting upon new thoughts that bring people together for true citizen benefit.

Here’s the link: http://govfresh.com/2011/12/2011-govfresh-awards-winners

Winners

·         City of the Year: New York City / Runners-up (tie): Chicago, Philadelphia

·         Public Servant of the Year: Matthew Esquibel (Austin, TX) / Runner-up: Mackenzie Kelly (Austin, TX)

·         Citizen of the Year: Adriel Hampton

·         App of the Year: (Tie) CitySourced, SeeClickFix

·         Best Government/Citizen Collaboration: OpenDataPhilly / Runner-up: City of Austin, TX

·         Best Use of Open Source: Chicago Lobbyists / Runner-up: DistrictBuilder

·         Best Open and Participatory Budgeting Initiative: Norfolk, VA / Runner-up: 49th Ward Participatory Budgeting (Chicago)

·         Best Open Government Policy: Open Government Initiative

·         Best Open Data Platform: OpenDataPhilly / Runner-up: NYC OpenData

·         Best Civic Hackathon: Hack4Reno / Runner-up: Education Hack Day (Baltimore)

·         Best Civic Start-up: CitySourced / Runner-up: ElectNext

·         Best Use of Social Media: New York City / Runner-up (tie): Williamson County, TX, Philadelphia

·         Best Use of Social Media for Emergency Management: Williamson County, TX / Runner-up: New York City

·         Best Transit App: ReRoute.it / Runner-up: Septa.mobi

·         Best Emergency Management App: CiviGuard – Irene App / Runner-up: NYC Readiness Challenge

·         Best Social Services App: Sheltr