CEOs for Cities is a national network of urban leaders dedicated to building and sustaining the next generation of great American 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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