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Neighborhood Forums

Explore 22 projects in the Neighborhood Forums category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.

22 projects
https://newpublic.substack.com/p/introducing-roundabout-built-forActive

Roundabout

New_ Publicโ€™s app for local communities enters closed beta in five pilot communities

Austin, TX
2025
Find community online, Meet the others, Neighborhood forums
https://github.com/iDPI-Umass/smalltownActive

Smalltown

A fork of Mastodon designed for civic communities looking to run their own social networks.

Amherst, MA
Community-building resources, Find community online, Neighborhood forums
https://nextdoor.com/login/Active

Nextdoor

Nextdoor is the free private social network for your neighborhood community.

2008
Communicating with the people, Engagement tech, Govtech, Neighborhood forums, Online forums, The Tech
https://www.cocoriko.org/homeActiveOpen-source

Cocoriko

Clean and user-friendly public participation platform to increase citizen engagement.

58 Old Chelsea road, suite 101 Chelsea, Quebec J9B 0C9
2012
Digital participation platforms, Ideation, Neighborhood forums
https://peoplemovers.com/Active

PeopleMovers

Connect, communicate and collaborate to leverage community strengths and advance your mission.

671 Edison Street, Detroit, MI, USA
Civic and social impact companies, Engagement tech, Neighborhood forums, Online forums, Social networks
commercial
http://www.cleveland-park.com/Active

Cleveland Park Listserv

Cleveland Park Listserv

Cleveland Park, Washington, DC, USA
1999
Engagement tech, Neighborhood forums, Online forums, The Tech
https://frontporchforum.comActive

Front Porch Forum

Front Porch Forum is a free community-building service in Vermont.

Burlington, VT
2006
Communicating with the government, Communicating with the people, Engagement tech, Neighborhood forums, Online forums, The Tech
local, apps
https://www.mytownhall.org/Active

MyTownhall

A one-stop-shop for accessible local political knowledge and discussion (for small towns in the NJ-NY-PA area).

New Jersey
Budget explorers, Mapping tools, Neighborhood forums, Public meetings
local
https://www.facebook.com/help/1629740080681586/Active

Facebook Groups

Many communities use Facebook Groups as their online message board

Palo Alto
Engagement tech, Neighborhood forums, Online forums, The Tech
Facebook, commercial