Reimagine Spaces Platform

A next-generation platform for planning, approving, and supporting urban interventions — forked and adapted from CONSUL DEMOCRACY.

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⚙️ About the Project

We have forked the powerful CONSUL DEMOCRACY open source codebase to develop the Reimagine Spaces Platform – a digital hub designed to transform the way cities collaborate with citizens to shape urban spaces.

From public art installations to community gardens and smart city experiments, the Reimagine Spaces Platform supports transparent governance, inclusive engagement, and strategic oversight for temporary and permanent interventions in public space.

🔑 Key Features & Benefits

• 🧭 Efficiency & Transparency
  We are digitalizing and streamlining the process of granting permissions for urban interventions, making it significantly more efficient and transparent for city administrations and project proposers alike.

• 📊 Data-Driven Decision Making
  An integrated AI mapping component calculates key urban indicators for each proposed intervention. This provides both city planners and citizens with actionable, data-backed insights.

• 🙋 Citizen Engagement & Support
  Citizens can showcase their ideas, gather community backing, and participate more actively in shaping their neighborhoods.

• 🛰️ Strategic Urban Oversight
  City authorities can track interventions across the urban landscape, monitor spatial patterns, and develop smarter long-term strategies for public space management.

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🛠️ Local Development Setup

The Reimagine Spaces platform builds on the CONSUL DEMOCRACY framework. To get started with local development:

Prerequisites:

• Git
• Ruby 3.3.8
• CMake
• pkg-config
• Node.js 20.19.2
• ImageMagick
• PostgreSQL (>=9.5)

Setup:

git clone https://github.com/ReimagineSpaces/consul_platform.git
cd consul_platform
bin/setup
bin/rake db:dev_seed