Sydney, NSW fosters neighborhood connectivity during pandemic with Today in your Village

Sydney, NSW Today in your Village Neighborhood Connectivity

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City officials looked for a low-cost, high-impact method of re-engaging residents with their neighborhoods after COVID-19 lockdowns. Sydney's innovation team divided the city into 10 "villages" for hyperlocal messaging. An in-house system for scraping public projects, sales at local shops, and community events was developed over seven weeks. Today in your Village used a Facebook chat to send daily messages with news based on the user's location.

Social Media chat Digital Services Pilot / POC

Sydney, NSW

City in New South Wales

Australia

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Today in your Village - SYDNEY Design Awards 2021

Covid-19 created unprecedented change in the dynamics of the community. Periods of lockdown, remote working, and restrictions on how businesses operat

Newsworthy

2021 Excellence Award Winners | LG Professionals NSW

Project Succeeded

Sydney won the Innovative Leadership Award for the project at the 2021 NSW Local Government Excellence Awards. Seventy-one percent of messaged residents made decisions based on targeted prompts.

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