A few weeks ago we encouraged readers to vote for a project we were supporting a SimCity-style Citizen Journalism project in Detroit called Corkstarter. The project is lead by Jerry Paffendorf and his team at the Imagination Station. The team is applying for a grant from the Knight Foundation's Knight News Challenge to support the project.
We've just learned from Jerry that the project has made it to the final round of reviews and needs your votes for the final twenty-four hours. I'm pasting below Jerry's personal request. Vote now. It only takes a minute.
People of the realm, I ask you once more to please lend an eyeball and a vote for Imagination Station's Knight Foundation grant application, and not just because it rhymes.[Support Innovative Citizen Journalism: Corkstarter]
We made it through Round 1 as the top rated public application, which is amazing. This round is the final round, and a lil bit different. We just posted the application and have until midnight tonight to tweak things and get feedback.
If you would point your internet canon to http://bit.ly/imaginationstationcorkstarter , take a look, and if the spirit moves you, vote ★★★★★ so we can make magic.
The nutshell pitch is that LOVELAND has been killing it and just released an amazing new parcel-based social map of Detroit: http://livinginthemap.us . But a map is just whatever until people start using and shaping it. This grant is to fund a huge community engagement initiative to hit the streets and get Detroiters excited about putting their city online, starting with one neighborhood.
Many thanks for your time even if you have no time and can't do this. If you need me I'll be living in the map, currently stuffing my face with a burger at PJ's Lager House while I type this before running to a neighborhood meeting: http://livinginthemap.us/spaces/21025 .
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