A non-partisan coordination network for identifying, verifying, and resolving the small, neglected needs that materially affect daily life.
Municipal systems focus on strategic planning and emergency response, not the daily maintenance gaps that accumulate over time.
Small civic needs don't generate returns that attract commercial solutions, leaving coordination failures unresolved.
When everyone assumes someone else will handle it, nothing gets done. Diffuse responsibility means no action.
Communities forget what worked, volunteers repeat mistakes, and effort dissipates instead of compounding.
Non-financial civic energy that recognizes verified contribution to your community.
Real economic value that funds small public-benefit civic actions within local communities.
Communities surface small, fixable needs that are observable, bounded, and currently neglected. These aren't personal projects or business opportunities—they're genuine coordination failures with public benefit.
Completed actions are confirmed through verification processes appropriate to the context. This creates trust and prevents gaming while keeping friction minimal.
When an action is complete, it's marked as resolved. This visible follow-through builds momentum and trust. The community can see that things actually get done.
Resolution artifacts preserve what worked, what didn't, and why. This institutional memory prevents repetition of mistakes and allows learning to compound across communities.
Patterns from resolved actions can be referenced by other communities facing similar challenges. Learning flows laterally, not hierarchically—communities adapt approaches to their context.
CityBloks does not influence elections, endorse candidates, or engage in partisan activity. It operates in the maintenance layer of civic life, not political competition.
The Network Steward enforces standards but doesn't operate local programs or make local decisions. If the steward is operationally busy, the system is broken.
No governance mechanisms exist until participation density is real and tradeoffs emerge organically. We reject premature or symbolic governance.
The system optimizes for bounded, verifiable actions with observable outcomes. Large decisions emerge later as a consequence, not a goal.
Communities learn from each other's patterns, not top-down prescriptions. Solutions are adapted, not imposed.
Local treasuries fund small civic actions that create genuine public benefit, not businesses, profit distribution, or private gain.