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Cities & counties
Public websites organized around residents, services, and the places they live.
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Sevier County, Tennessee
Every County errand ends at a door: the building, the room, the hours, and what to bring.
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Mitchell County, Kansas
A county site that says how every errand ends and whether the courthouse is open right now, from wherever you are.
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Campbell, California
Campbell in one place: what’s happening, who handles it, City Hall, local places, and the story beneath them.
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City of Excelsior Springs
City Hall, brought to the surface: resident tasks and public records organized as a Hall of Waters civic atlas.
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City of Fairmont
Five lakes, one chain: the city that runs its own water, power, police, and store, reachable from one page.
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City of Sumner
The civic almanac: a small-city site that computes its own week from the City's published schedule.
Public agencies & districts
Housing, transit, utilities, courts, tribal governments, and other organizations with a focused public mission.
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Peninsula Regional Transportation Planning Organization
PRTPO's own Squarespace site, repaired in place for WCAG 2.1 AA.
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Tamaya Housing, Inc.
Five steps from a housing application to the day the home is yours.
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Green Hills Regional Planning Commission
Eleven member counties, one region map, and a page for every county.
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West Contra Costa Transportation Commission
Plans, projects, and programs for West Contra Costa.
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Sports & Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County
Two authorities hold the ground the region plays on. This is the register of which one, and the record of every decision about it.
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Jefferson County Library
Open right now, across Jefferson County: five locations, one search box, and the county's own stories.
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Pend Oreille PUD
Follow your power home: a community-owned utility site built on real WordPress, from the river to your meter.
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Savannah Convention Center
The question every planner arrives with, answered above the fold: how many people, set up how, and which of the 89 rooms fit.
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OMEGA District
A regional resource desk for funding, loans, transportation plans, and public reports.
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Lake Erie West
One connected region: the council of governments' new identity, as a site.
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Housing Authority of Santa Cruz County
Affordable housing with compassion and kindness.
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Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District
Cleaner air for Yolo County and northeastern Solano.
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New Hampshire water funding
One map of New Hampshire's water, with 200 funded projects lit where the work happens.
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The First 5 Years Shape Everything · First 5 Orange County Website Concept by Stoa
The First 5 Years Shape Everything
Parks & destinations
Places to explore, with photography, maps, and practical ways to plan a visit.
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Centerville-Washington Park District, Ohio
Is my field open, and which park has what we need?
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Downtown Tecumseh, Michigan
Downtown by the month, from ice sculptures to Appleumpkin.
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Visit Columbia, Tennessee
Muletown measured from the Courthouse: on the Square, a walk, a drive or a day trip out.
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Downtown Grand Junction
Forty years of sculpture, standing outside the shops that keep it company.
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Leland, Michigan
Between two waters: follow one river from the inland lake to the working harbor and Lake Michigan.
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Graham Park Exhibition Center
New walls, deep roots: one Graham Park site for visitors and event planners.
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Wheeler Opera House | Aspen, Colorado
Aspen Historical Society Presents: History Tours
Education & nonprofits
Websites for schools, campuses, foundations, and community organizations.
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KZFR Community Radio, Chico
The whole broadcast week, from the archive to the hour on air.
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Adirondack Diversity Initiative
Three color trails from ADI's own booklet, and four Google Sites folded into one.
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CAMWS
The CAMWS year as one band: every deadline, meeting and award from July to June.
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Healthcare Initiative Foundation
Where the grant year stands, and whether you can apply, before you open the application.
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Onward! A Legacy Foundation
Four doors from the Onward! compass, and every fund its own door to give.
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New Attorney Pipeline
A clock, not a library: what is open right now for a California law student who wants to do legal aid.
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The BBOP Center
Three pathways, a fourth door, and a front desk that hands a founder a real next step.
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Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia
Eight localities, one agency: a site that starts with where you live, because that is what decides which help reaches your door.
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Chesapeake Bay Trust
A 40-year watershed grantmaker whose site starts where its grants do: who you are, where you are, what you want to grow.
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New Mexico Voices for Children
How does policy improve a child's life? Evidence, policy, and action kept in one current.
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SD Historical Society Press
A publisher's website shaped like a publisher's list, with the whole backlist on one shelf.
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Southwest Tech
Learn the work, land the job: a technical college site where the catalog is the front door.
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South Carolina Black Farmers Coalition Foundation
Land, legacy, and a stronger field: a first Foundation site built to grow in WordPress.
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Idaho AEYC
The state is the homepage: every early learning collaborative on a living Idaho map.
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Friendship Public Charter School
Nine schools, one Friendship — a real Find a School finder that actually knows every campus.
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Sharon CDC
A steel town's first website, relighting downtown storefront by storefront.
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SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics
Home for the state's young scientists.
Public-service tools
Focused search, data, maps, and tools that help someone finish a particular task.
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AUSAC Remittance Portal
The monthly worksheet, filed line for line, and the month run from one board.
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Santa Clara County Creeks, Reservoirs and Rainfall | Valley Water Surface Water Data Portal
No Santa Clara County creek crosses a flood threshold.
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Indiana Water Data Portal — concept by Stoa Works
See the water Indiana is measuring, right now.
Explore by place
Across the map
A different place brings a different public need. Explore the geography of the gallery.
CONCEPTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
117 concepts across 35 states and D.C.
Choose a dot to preview the project, then open the full working site or public tool.
NATIONAL & MULTI-CITY
Some tools serve people nationwide or across many cities.
Browse the full location index 117 concepts / 35 states and D.C.
Alabama
- Serve Alabama · Montgomery
Alaska
- AUSAC Remittance Portal · Anchorage
Arkansas
- City of Tontitown · Tontitown
California
- Campbell, California · Campbell
- City of Campbell Portal · Campbell
- City of Exeter, California · Exeter
- City of Hidden Hills · Hidden Hills
- Housing Authority of Santa Cruz County · Capitola
- KZFR Community Radio, Chico · Chico
- New Attorney Pipeline · Berkeley
- Pechanga Band of Indians · Our Place in the Sun · Temecula
- PSR + Kwaray · Berkeley
- Regional Water Authority · Sacramento
- San Jose Open Data Workbench · San Jose
- Santa Clara County Creeks, Reservoirs and Rainfall | Valley Water Surface Water Data Portal · San Jose
- SBCOG and County Express · Hollister
- The BBOP Center · San Bernardino
- The First 5 Years Shape Everything · First 5 Orange County Website Concept by Stoa · Santa Ana
- West Contra Costa Transportation Commission · El Cerrito
- Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District · Davis
Colorado
- Downtown Grand Junction · Grand Junction
- Onward! A Legacy Foundation · Cortez
- South Platte Renew · Englewood
- Wheeler Opera House | Aspen, Colorado · Aspen
Connecticut
- City of Hartford Applied AI Center · Hartford
- City of Meriden · Meriden
- Connecticut Housing Finance Authority · Rocky Hill
- Experience Bethel · Bethel
District of Columbia
- Equal Rights Center · Washington
- Friendship Public Charter School · Washington
- Meridian International Center · Washington
- Weave: The Social Fabric Project · Washington
Georgia
- Action Pact · Waycross
- District 2 Public Health, Georgia · Gainesville
- Savannah Convention Center · Savannah
Idaho
- Idaho AEYC · Boise
- Nez Perce Tribe DFRM · Lapwai
Illinois
- City of Carlyle · Carlyle
- Play the Preserves · Rockford
- Village of Gilberts · Gilberts
- Village of Round Lake · Round Lake
- Village of Schaumburg · Schaumburg
- Winnebago County Forest Preserves · Rockford
Indiana
- Indiana Water Data Portal — concept by Stoa Works · Indianapolis
Iowa
- City of West Des Moines, Iowa · West Des Moines
Kansas
- City of Edgerton, Kansas · Edgerton
- Johnson County District Court · Olathe
- Mitchell County, Kansas · Beloit
Kentucky
- Louisville Zoo · Louisville
Louisiana
- CAMWS · Natchitoches
- City of Slidell, Louisiana · Slidell
Maryland
- Chesapeake Bay Trust · Annapolis
- Healthcare Initiative Foundation · Germantown
Massachusetts
- Food is Medicine Institute · Boston
- MassArt · Boston
Michigan
- Cheboygan County · Cheboygan
- City of Saugatuck, Michigan · Saugatuck
- Downtown Royal Oak · Royal Oak
- Downtown Tecumseh, Michigan · Tecumseh
- Lake Township · Houghton Lake
- Leland, Michigan · Leland
- Oakland University · Rochester
- TVC — Cherry Capital Airport, Traverse City, Michigan · Traverse City
Minnesota
- City of Fairmont · Fairmont
- Duluth Entertainment Convention Center · Duluth
- Graham Park Exhibition Center · Rochester
Missouri
- 16th Judicial Circuit of Missouri · Kansas City
- City of Clayton · Clayton
- City of Excelsior Springs · Excelsior Springs
- City of Louisiana, Missouri · Louisiana
- Clay County Parks · Smithville
- Green Hills Regional Planning Commission · Trenton
- Jefferson County Library · High Ridge
- Missouri Technology Corporation · St. Louis
- Village of Innsbrook · Innsbrook
New Hampshire
- City of Dover · Dover
- New Hampshire water funding · Concord
New Jersey
- Masterwork Music and Art Foundation · Madison
- Township of Belleville · Belleville
New Mexico
- Albuquerque Housing Authority · Albuquerque
- New Mexico Voices for Children · Albuquerque
- Tamaya Housing, Inc. · Santa Ana Pueblo
- Transform Education New Mexico · Albuquerque
New York
- Adirondack Diversity Initiative · Saranac Lake
- Columbia County Tourism, New York · Hudson
North Carolina
- Durham PreK · Durham
- Town of Duck · Duck
Ohio
- Centerville-Washington Park District, Ohio · Centerville
- Cleveland CPC · Cleveland
- Lake Erie West · Toledo
- OMEGA District · Cambridge
- West Chester Township, Ohio · West Chester Township
Oregon
- Cherriots · Salem
- Southwestern Oregon Workforce Investment Board · Coos Bay
Pennsylvania
- Sharon CDC · Sharon
- Sports & Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County · Pittsburgh
South Carolina
- GREEN Charter Schools · Greenville
- SC Governor's School for Science and Mathematics · Hartsville
- South Carolina Black Farmers Coalition Foundation · St. Helena Island
South Dakota
- SD Historical Society Press · Pierre
Tennessee
- East Ridge, Tennessee · East Ridge
- Sevier County, Tennessee · Sevierville
- Visit Columbia, Tennessee · Columbia
Texas
- City of Bruceville-Eddy, Texas · Bruceville-Eddy
- Harte Research Institute · Corpus Christi
- North Richland Hills · North Richland Hills
Vermont
- Town of Arlington, VT · Arlington
Virginia
- Brunswick County, Virginia · Lawrenceville
- RISE Resilience Innovations · Norfolk
- Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia · Norfolk
Washington
- City of Sumner · Sumner
- Pend Oreille PUD · Newport
- Peninsula Regional Transportation Planning Organization · Bremerton
- PenMet Parks · Gig Harbor
- Whidbey and Camano Islands · Coupeville
Wisconsin
- Native American Tourism of Wisconsin · Lac du Flambeau
- Southwest Tech · Fennimore
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