Why every city should be on Facebook

Because if you aren’t, it’s hard to have outcomes like this:

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Tom Le Veque

Kristy, your examples also show timely responses! If we choose to engage, we must participate, otherwise there is no value to the community. Great examples of how we can interact and make a difference!

Kristy Dalton

Agreed, Tom. If your government is on Facebook, you need to encourage participation and partake. It’s not all kudos and roses, but sometimes we need to see outside our little bubbles and get a dose of what everyman sees.

Heather Coleman

Great positive examples of government and citizen engagement. My concern is government dedicating the right resources to keeping up with this level of interaction and engagement. If your city/county/state doesn’t have a page and you want to interact with them this way…let them know…e-mail/call/write!

Jeff Ribeira

These examples are great! I think there is at times a stigma attached to sites like Facebook as being singular in it’s utility- purely social. This idea needs to change, especially in the public service sector, and it should be thought of more as the tool that is truly is.