San Francisco, CA developed the Civic Bridge program to create collaborative public-private teams

San Francisco, CA Civic Bridge volunteer program

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The City of San Francisco developed the Civic Bridge program to help private sector professionals and local government staff collaboratively design solutions to critical city issues. Through the program private sector volunteers contribute 20% of their time over a 16-week period working alongside city department staff. The Civic Bridge management team identifies unique challenges and matches volunteers with city departments to create project teams and generate new solutions.

Public Private Partnership (PPP)Engagement Platforms Business Engagement Citizen Engagement Volunteerism

San Francisco, CA

Municipality in California

United States

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Civic Bridge Award-Winning Program

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The City of San Francisco was one of three winners of the 2019 Engaged Cities Award for the Civic Bridge program.