Patronage for Cities

CityPatron is an interesting experiment on the potential of crowdsourcing for supporting people to contribute their ideas and efforts to their cities.  It aims to generate start-up capital for city-focused projects, based on a business model of patronage.

Here’s the idea: 

CityBuilders who have a track record of creating public value for the city will be selected.  They will “post a profile and, importantly, a program of work. This program will outline what they propose to do for the funding or patronage they receive. CityPatrons will then support the CityBuilder of their choice, pledging $5, $10, $20, $50 or $100 a month for one year. In return, the CityBuilder will provide his or her patrons with a monthly newsletter that chronicles their work, and invitations to special events held periodically throughout the year.

“If this works as we intend, CityPatrons will get to support a program of work they believe in, and share in the CityBuilder's creative process and success. CityBuilders get access to the resources they need to get on with their work, creating a better, livelier city.”

As the site says:  This is an idea. It’s a beta.

Have a look at the experiment and contribute your feedback here.

  

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