# OSS project for hyperlocal information

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/oss-project-for-hyperlocal-information/189226>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 27, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/oss-project-for-hyperlocal-information/189226 "2010-05-27T04:46:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![AdamPHX](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@AdamPHX](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/AdamPHX)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/oss-project-for-hyperlocal-information/189226/1 "2010-05-27T04:46:26Z")

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To the Ruby community:

CityCircles builds information tools for hyperlocal communities to  
share information. Our first implementation is a platform for the  
light rail/mass transit community in Phoenix, Arizona, to share news,  
events and more around each of the light rail stations. The project  
won a Knight News Challenge grant in June 2009 because of its goal: to  
boost civic engagement, greener lifestyles, and city improvement in  
the inner city around transit stations.

Our beta launch was in March, and we are seeking help from passionate,  
dedicated and knowledgeable OSS developers to use our existing test  
suite to make CityCircles even better and, in turn, make an impact on  
several communities worldwide. The entire project will be released  
open-source under a GPL license in July, and any developers associated  
with it will be named in that release.

If you are interested in helping us, please feel free to check out our  
“public” code repository on Github:

> **[GitHub - adamklawonn/CityCircles: Hyperlocal content for light rail community...](https://github.com/adamklawonn/CityCircles)**
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> Hyperlocal content for light rail community in Phoenix, Arizona - GitHub - adamklawonn/CityCircles: Hyperlocal content for light rail community in Phoenix, Arizona

We look forward to hearing from you. Thank you!

Adam Klawonn