March 24, 2014 @ 10:35 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Rodrigo Davies writes regularly on the topic of civic crowdfunding at the MIT Center for Civic Media blog, and his most recent post raises an important and interesting question: is crowdfunding participatory citizenship or a sign of institutions in decline? He frames the question in… Read More

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals, General News  |  Tagged citizinvestor, civic, mit center for civic media, research, rodrigo davies, spacehive

January 14, 2014 @ 11:06 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Ten crowdfunding campaigns. $1,420,000 in funding sought. Six weeks to go. One nonprofit with one goal: to put bike share stations all over Kansas City, Missouri. Civic crowdfunding platform Neighbor.ly is currently hosting ten crowdfunding campaigns that represent ten possible future locations for bike sharing… Read More

Read more in: Offerings  |  Tagged 501c3, bike share, bikewalkkc, civic, kansas city, kansas city b-cycle, missouri, mit, neighbor.ly, nonprofit, record, research, rodrigo davies