Every citizen with a passion for their community should be able to positively impact it without bureaucratic impediments.
Civic Participation & Innovation
Leveraging powerful and sophisticated Internet-based tools so that Philadelphians can organize around and advance meaningful change in their neighborhoods and elsewhere.
Featured Projects
Share ideas, start projects, connect with resources, and make your community better
Philadelphia is what its people decide it is. What are you prepared to do?
Historical photo and map collections from a variety of city organizations
Free Information Flow
Providing Philadelphians with the data, information and applications they need to advance meaningful change in their communities.
Featured Projects
Exposing public datasets for civic innovation
Curated Philadelphia-centric and community support video content
Connecting Philadelphia to a Digital Future
Provide physical infrastructure so that citizens can access technology, but also develop content and training programs so that citizens can adopt technology.
Featured Projects
77 computer centers across Philadelphia
Affordable Internet program
Provide computer access & training to library patrons
Economic Development in the Infotec space
Removing roadblocks, providing incentives, and supporting the IT producing/using sectors to increase employment, revenue, productivity, prominence, and innovation.
Featured Projects
What the City of Philadelphia government and partners are doing at the intersection of government innovation, technology, and citizen participation.
Date: Oct. 28th, 2011 – 8:30 to 4:00 PM
Location: Quorum Space at the Science Center
Purpose: Refine and more clearly define the OpenAccessPhilly vision and action steps being taken or that should be taken in furtherance of that vision.
