Congratulations to the 2011 GovFresh Awards winners.
Winners
- City of the Year: New York City / Runners-up (tie): Chicago, Philadelphia)
- Public Servant of the Year: Matthew Esquibel (Austin, TX) / Runner-up: Mackenzie Kelly(Austin, TX)
- Citizen of the Year: Adriel Hampton
- App of the Year: (Tie) CitySourced, SeeClickFix
- Best Government/Citizen Collaboration: OpenDataPhilly / Runner-up: City of Austin, TX
- Best Use of Open Source: Chicago Lobbyists / Runner-up: DistrictBuilder
- Best Open and Participatory Budgeting Initiative: Norfolk, VA / Runner-up: 49th Ward Participatory Budgeting (Chicago)
- Best Open Government Policy: Open Government Initiative
- Best Open Data Platform: OpenDataPhilly / Runner-up: NYC OpenData
- Best Civic Hackathon: Hack4Reno / Runner-up: Education Hack Day (Baltimore)
- Best Civic Start-up: CitySourced / Runner-up: ElectNext
- Best Use of Social Media: New York City / Runner-up (tie): Williamson County, TX,Philadelphia
- Best Use of Social Media for Emergency Management: Williamson County, TX / Runner-up: New York City
- Best Transit App: ReRoute.it / Runner-up: Septa.mobi
- Best Emergency Management App: CiviGuard – Irene App / Runner-up: NYC Readiness Challenge
- Best Social Services App: Sheltr
Note: You can find out more about the winning apps and cities on the Civic Commons Marketplace.