Neighborhood Challenge: TechForward Challenges

We are a software and hardware solutions company who developed a machine vision platform for retail locations. Our core platform and business is collecting machine vision based analytics for retail companies to provide data and insights around crowd behavior, product consumption and track crowd activity around a physical retail space. In addition to this solution, we have developed machine vision capabilities for security... more »

The city is in critical need of accurate storefront data that will provide the necessary infrastructure to support economic recovery and future growth. Live XYZ will be partnering with CBOs to unify the economic development community to take a leadership role in delivering this critical citywide asset.

Back-The-Block is a program designed to empower community organizations with technology, data, and training to establish... more »

Even before COVID-19 arrived, the floral industry was finding it harder and harder to survive on 28th Street, the location of the floral industry for over 100 years battling with zoning, a reduction in suitable parking, and lack of investment in the area.

We plan to re-envision the historic 28th street flower market and greater floral / event industry to build a dynamic, sustainable and unified space to reach the fullest potential of the multi-billion dollar industry that is a staple of NYC arts and culture. It will become a go to destination as the city rebounds and rebuilds in a post COVID world. Our vision helps the many small independent businesses that are a part... more »

Would you like to order online to your corner bodega? 🙂 We have an app for that: mybodega.online

At the beginning of the pandemic, we launched our ordering app and got 70 bodegas and 4,000 new Yorkers to sign up. 🙂 People love it. But during the last few months, bodegas have suffered, and their "in-house" delivery staff has become scarce and inconsistent.

We are joining this Neighborhood Challenge: TechForward / Solutions... more »

Locle is an app that helps shoppers find local stores and helps local stores speak directly to their customers. It provides local store owners the marketing tools to communicate with shoppers through customer service chats, product listings, event listings, promotional sales, and store updates. On the shopper side, Locle provides a feed of local businesses in their neighborhood, so they can discover what's just around... more »

In the days of current pandemic (COVID-19, most retailers & restaurants have

imposed a maximum limit of people as per the Govt. of India COVID-19 Safety

Rules. Our Entrance automation solution along with people counting, Mask &

temperature detection system ensures you to comply with the capacity

constraints.

The people count device is placed on the entrance of each floor, thus allowing

you to accurately measure... more »

The SHOP DINE BUY LOCAL program from Mobile High 5 is a tremendous value-added service that increases the volume of business within your community. The program offers amazing benefits, including:

- Increase community engagement (which results in more customers and more business)

- Increase the frequency of customer visits which drives higher revenue

- Overall increase in economic activity

- Keep more dollars circulating... more »

Saferplaces helps local businesses and establishments recover from COVID-19 by safely directing traffic to their locations. We do this by providing a real-time safety rating that consumers can trust.

Saferplaces is a mobile survey platform that generates real-time safety ratings for locations based on feedback from actual visitors. Consumers earn points for their feedback, which can be redeemed on-site for offers at... more »

The COVID-19 crisis has impacted small local businesses the most. From shops to restaurants, all have felt tremendous stress to keep their doors open in lieu of significantly lower foot traffic and regulation. On top of all this, it became increasingly harder to promote and make people aware that your business is open and receiving customers. Small local businesses are the hearts of every block and every borough. They... more »

SendThanksNow is a gratitude network with its own currency called Hearts (1 Heart = 1¢) that you can use online, in an app, over Siri or Alexa to ensure gratitude finds a way. Imagine if all small business workers (and all New Yorkers frankly) were easily accessible ONLY to give thanks. All good deeds, all good service, all moments of generosity can be answered instantly, pulling the karmic curve towards instant satisfaction.... more »

inCitu is looking to ease and democratize the act of city development by improving the means for community participation and effectively crowdsourcing residents' feedback. Specifically, our AR-powered platform layers planning proposals on top of the built environment, in their future place, including projecting their information and the potential impact they have on their surrounding.

Our tool allows residents to view... more »

geekApps is a unique platform that empowers SMBs to promote and expand their business by giving them free customized native apps for Android and IOS with incredible speed and scalability.

 

Empowered with Google partnership, we encourage SMB's of USA to digitalize their business in these hard times.
With geekApps you can build your own application for any type of business and deliver it to App Stores in less than 24... more »

We all know that local businesses find it hard to survive and thrive in a community/neighborhood that loses it vibrancy.

We've created a tested, data-driven approach to building stronger communities - and it's scalable!

Most businesses are too busy fighting to stay afloat and don't have time to focus on anything beyond their own survival - this broader goal of keeping communities vibrant falls to local organizations... more »

We can get people back onto our main streets and into our unique, local stores safely...we just need the right tools!

We built Butterbuy to enable an entirely contactless and convenient way to visit stores (https://youtu.be/nefkSLRqkLs). With Butterbuy, a customer can pop into a store, grab a few items, and checkout all on their phone! There is no need to wait on a line, hand off your goods to somebody else, or pull... more »