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A platform for people to submit ways to improve the current state of anything they think is sub par, like a school curriculum, bad traffic intersection, poor park maintenance, etc. it could show you suggested improvements near to you, and people could upvote ideas they believe in. empowered people could see what the community wants and volunteer time towards improvements, or some could be used as petitions for local govt, schoolboards, etc

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I was just thinking something similar. I would put more emphasis on the volunteering, as petition based stuff doesn't really improve things. Turn it into a location based community task site.

People and charities can pitch to projects that require volunteers in their area. Each project can be discussed with threads. Could be as simple as "We're landscaping the local park at the weekend, turn up bring the kids and help" one day stuff, to "shelter needs volunteers for ongoing stuff". The project could be discussed and planned in their own threads, and users gain karma for their volunteer work.

would be a great place for classrooms, 4h groups,churches, etc to find a place or task for volunteering. Maybe groups cou lk d have their own pages where it shows their past and upcoming volunteer stuff, and how it overlaps with what others in the community are doing

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