Lunch with My BigApps Challenge Winners
Every technological advance gives us a new opportunity to do good. That's why New York needs to help civic-minded New Yorkers take full advantage of this digital revolution.
Last Friday, I had the pleasure of eating lunch with the team behind an app doing just that: Appigi. Appigi connects social service providers to the people who need them most. It’s a great idea, and it might have stayed an idea if not for the help of the BigApps competition, which gives some of New York City’s brightest minds in civic tech a chance to fix one of our city's most pressing challenges. My BigIdea challenge was for a technology-solution to improve access to mental health services. And, Appigi's solution blew me away. Click here to see the rest of the winning apps, and who knows -- you might be inspired to get involved next year.