Where local government and tech intersect

What Do Your Residents Think About Your City’s Brand And Why Keyword Searches Can’t Help You Answer That Question

Searching for information has become intuitive, easy, and mundane. All you have to do is open your preferred search engine, type in what you’re looking for, and hit enter. That’s it. What might have taken people hours, days, or even weeks in decades past can easily be achieved within seconds in the palm of your hand with your mobile phone.

Tali Fierer

Content & Social Media Manager

6 MIN READ

Zencity Goes Live in Houston: An Interview with Houston CIO Jesse Bounds

Exactly one year ago, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced his vision to not just become a smart city, but to become the smart city. “We must leap, not stroll into the future. We must sprint, not jog. It will be this city that will be the Smart City of the world,” he said.

Inbal Naveh Safir

Director of Strategy & Communications

6 MIN READ

What’s the Best Approach to Managing E-Scooters in a City?

E-Scooters have taken over the streets in cities across the world and the US has been the epicenter of the e-scooter phenomenon where companies like Bird and Lime took disruptive measures to introduce their new services to the market.

Tali Fierer

Content & Social Media Manager

2 MIN READ

How to Provide Value for Residents?

The above is a question that comes to mind for many cities and city managers. The City of Fife, Washington, decided to tackle this question head-on. Fife is a city with a young, family-oriented population

Tali Fierer

Content & Social Media Manager

2 MIN READ

How to Effectively Engage with your Citizens about City Proposed Ballot Measures

City-sponsored ballot measures and general obligation bonds are usually high stakes and often involve significant funding requests that can also influence the budget capacity of basic services within local government. With the use of technology,

Traci Siegel

Customer Success Manager

1 MIN READ

How to Transform Resident Feedback from Negative to Positive in Your City Using Technology

Cities are made by people and run by people. And because of that, not everything will run smoothly or according to plan. Often, it seems that the negative feedback from one standout incident or against

Tali Fierer

Content & Social Media Manager

6 MIN READ

Data-Science Research Project Management Demystified by Zencity’s Lead Data Scientist

Originally published on Medium. Agile software development has taken over the hi-tech industry. Whether implemented as Scrum, Kanban or Scrumban, these methods were created in order to be flexible and allow quick changes by working in short

Ori Cohen

Lead Data Scientist

11 MIN READ

How Civic Engagement Can Transform Community Relationships

Smart cities are no longer just about utilizing technology to increase operational efficiency such as optimizing traffic patterns, or parking management. Nowadays, it’s about leveraging communication technologies to bring residents on board with a community-driven

Inbal Naveh Safir

Director of Strategy & Communications

7 MIN READ