WikiCity has launched a new type of online community — localized content serving over 22,000 cities, towns, and villages across the U.S. — created by, controlled by, and edited by local citizen journalists.

WikiCity is a project designed to make communities accessible, defining each not just as a dot on a map or a collection of statistics, but as a chorus of raucous, opinionated citizens falling in love with their hometown all over again. Much like Wikipedia, WikiCity is a free wiki, and anyone can contribute. However, WikiCity is different because it is designed to promote local community, commerce, tourism, and everyday life within the towns it serves – thus welcoming content that it typically not suited for Wikipedia.

Local businesses, blogs, and community organizations are encouraged to contribute articles for their organizations which, if written in an objective and unbiased tone, can be a very effective online marketing tool. An extensive series of help articles explain how wikis work and make it easy to add or edit any of WikiCity’s 12 million pages.

Founded in late 2008 by Pat Lazure and Rohit Keshwani, WikiCity provides unique local content on places, events, and people who would be of interest to those associated with any of its 22,000 U.S. towns.
WikiCity is located at www.WikiCity.com.