15 August 2013

Connecting Locally Across the Web in Rural Manitoba

In rural Manitoba Eric Boisjoli and his team created a Facebook-like social media networking tool using community pages to connect those in rural areas to the events and organizations close to home. As reported on CBC when Boisjoli moved to Ile des ChĂȘnes, Manitoba he found it difficult to find out what was happening in his rural community. This lead him to create Community-info with the goal of solving this issue.

Community-info lets its users freely browse the site to find events that are happening in their respective communities. On Facebook and Twitter a user has to be a friend or follower of someone or an organization to hear about their events, but on Community-info the user can browse the events in their communities themselves.

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