Huntington Beach is the latest city to interact their citizens in greater comfort making use of their MyHB mobile app. City officials found out that 40% of website visitors to the city’s website was from mobile devices. With features like Government, Beach Information, Experience HB, City News, Upcoming Events, and Services, citizens will quickly realize it simpler than previously to remain linked to their city with a number of taps on his or her mobile phone.
Residents and visitors alike is now able to research more information about facilities, libraries, points-of-interest and also the over 100 parks, together with information, numbers, maps and directions, along with get access to city council agendas. They are able to stay informed and up-to-date on the latest happenings and upcoming events over the City News and Upcoming Events sections. The status of requested permits could be checked in the app while using the permit number, APN or property address. Beach Data is the most visited tabs on the city’s website. Now surfers and beach goers will discover beach conditions with just a few taps in the Citizen engagement . Beach and surf conditions given by Surfline are fed in the app daily at 7:05am. Capabilities and functions will periodically be added in.
Each month, the city will have a special tab to focus on a celebration or service that is certainly unique to that particular month. Dynamic information is going to be time sensitive and ever-changing as events appear and disappear. The first such event may be the city’s upcoming airshow. The app is launching with functionality to advertise the airshow, providing all pertinent event information and including an FAQ section. Made available, is going to be parking information, and Uber and Lyft drop-off and pick-up locations. Citizens can report issues and incidents relating to the airshow that’ll be received, tracked, and resolved by police and city officials, dependant upon issue type. Your data collected is going to be valuable not just to handle the issues as is also reported but to improve upon citizen experience for those future events.
Look out for your ability to Benefit by an Issue over the app, since the city offers to replace their current issue reporting provider using the MyCivic RAI following your new year.
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