Get Involved
Help shine a light on local government.
CivicFeed is a volunteer-driven project. Allegheny County has 130 municipalities — we need people in every community to help us bring transparency to every borough, township, and city in the region.
Municipality Scout
Help us add your borough or township. Find where your local government publishes meeting minutes and agendas. No technical skills needed — just know your community.
Time commitment: 2-3 hours to start
Data Verifier
Review AI-generated meeting summaries for accuracy. Compare summaries against the original minutes and flag errors. Great for detail-oriented residents.
Time commitment: 1-2 hours/week
Community Ambassador
Spread the word in your neighborhood. Share CivicFeed with your neighbors, community groups, and local organizations. Help people discover what their government is doing.
Time commitment: Flexible
Developer
Help build scrapers for municipalities that don't use Legistar. Work with Next.js, Supabase, and AI. Open source contributions welcome.
Time commitment: Flexible
Why volunteer?
Local government makes decisions every week that directly affect your life — zoning changes next door, parking rules on your street, budget cuts to your neighborhood park.
But almost nobody knows what their local government is doing. Meeting minutes are buried in PDFs. Agendas are posted with no context. Council votes happen with no public awareness.
CivicFeed exists to change that. By volunteering, you help your neighbors understand what’s happening in their community and participate in decisions that affect their lives.
Democracy works better when people can actually see what their government is doing.