Find, engage, activate your community leaders
Translating science into community-backed action for lasting impact.
In 2023, OurTownHall, a project of Calm Water Group, received funding from NSF SBIR Phase I .
A Platform Built for Community-Centric Results
Governments and corporations must understand the needs of their communities when planning and implementing a project to reduce the risk of failure and delays.
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We help simplify complex government processes that hinder engagement. We help to identify community leaders for your projects, track progress on engagement, and foster partnerships all in one place.
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Whether you need to engage a specific neighborhood, demographic group, require language translation, or need access to meeting space we can help you find the local resources you need.
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We simplify reporting on engagement with our integrated solution.
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By tracking communications, progress, and partners on our platform, we help you avoid data loss when internal and external staff transition.
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Our precise targeting of populations and services allows you to avoid overburdening local organizations while addressing key needs.
Avoiding delays on vital projects
Project delays often occur due to community opposition or lack of involvement. Learn how OurTownHall can help prevent that.
OurTownHall Product
OurTownHall Directory Uses AI to find organizations based on their location, who they serve, their services, their funding readiness, and their assets. The Directory is an interactive, automatically updated directory and mapping tool of underserved community based organizations and disadvantaged businesses. With the directory, you have access to searchable financial, legal, operational, social and cultural attributes. The Directory centers the community in an equitable manner, and surfaces services provided by CBOs that can help accelerate development.
OurTownHall Hub reduces siloed and scattered information by capturing and protecting institutional knowledge and data. We help connect you to new and existing partners through our automated match-making and organizational readiness tools. Because we store your information for you, we improve efficiencies in your ability to engage across multiple projects across multiple organizations.
OurTownHall Marketplace streamlines the process of identifying, contracting, and compensating community-based organizations and disadvantaged business enterprises that align with your project goals. By showcasing their services, reach, and capacity, our platform connects you with impactful local partners, simplifying funding and development decisions.
With a community-first focus and profit-sharing mechanisms, the Marketplace fosters sustainable partnerships that amplify impact and ensure accountability.
Empowering Communities Through Collaboration
In 2023 we launched the Community Technology Fellows program which brought together CBOs to serve as experts in reviewing the technology while also receiving training in AI for advocacy.