CITY OF ABC ADOPTS NEW PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PLATFORM
City of ABC, [ST], [Date] – The City of ABC is excited to announce the launch of Polco (www.polco.us), an innovative online engagement platform that lets local businesses provide direct input to the local economic decision-making process. By using Polco, the City is making public participation easier for local businesses. Officials will post questions directly to business owners on Polco’s website, where they can answer and comment on the questions.
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The City will be asking for further input from businesses and residents on Polco in the coming weeks and months.
To participate, business owners should go to polco.us/[shorturl]. Once they have answered the survey, owners will be asked to provide their ZIP code to confirm where they live. This allows the City to be sure they are hearing from each person only once and to see which general area of the city respondents live in. Responses will remain anonymous, and personal information will be securely stored on Polco.
Participants will also be asked to provide an email address to Polco, which will allow the City to easily contact them with future questions. This service is free to all local business owners. Polco is committed to a strict privacy policy—they only share anonymous, combined results. Participants’ individual data and votes are never shared.
For more information, contact the City at the contact information above.