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https://www.smartcville.com/budget-visualizations-for-cities/

Budget Visualization & Taxpayer Receipt Tool

Cities and towns across Massachusetts and few in other states have adopted Visual Budget, either the new WordPress plug-in or the original.

Active
Charlottesville, VA

**_Helping budget offices communicate with citizens and elected officials_** **_Take your budget document and turn it into something beautiful…_** ### Current partners [Charlottesville](http://cville.budgetvis.com/) (advanced version), [Albemarle](http://albemarle.budgetvis.com/), [Lexington](http://lexingtonva.budgetvis.com/), [Danville](http://danville.budgetvis.com/), and [Warrenton](http://warrenton.budgetvis.com/) ### **Features** Budget Process Interactive Timeline to encourage engagement Responsive design Taxpayer receipt function (optional) Direct links to the sources of the data Tooltips and comments for each line item Presents past actuals, current budgets, and forecasts Data available for download (and JSON) Easily discerned trends Simple data format (CSV by line item)

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Parent organization: Smart Cville

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Platforms
Wikipedia, Wordpress
Number of integrations
0
Activity status
Possibly Inactive

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