Civic information, made useful

Know what your city is deciding before it affects you.

CivicBuddy follows local council meetings, agendas, minutes and public notices, then turns them into concise updates about what is changing, why it matters and what happens next.

✓ Primary-source focused

✓ Plain-language summaries

✓ Built around local relevance

CivicBuddy

Preview

Monday, Aug 17

Your local brief

Langley, BC

For you Housing Transit Parks

Housing Council agenda

312-home proposal moves toward public hearing

A mixed-use development near 200 Street would add apartments, townhomes and street-level retail.

Why it matters Housing + neighbourhood change

More homes and retail are proposed alongside changes to traffic access and the local area plan.

Public hearing upcoming

Transit Yesterday

Bus-priority upgrades advance

Two corridors move into detailed design.

Parks 2 days ago

New trail connection funded

Planning begins for the next phase.

Relevant, not overwhelming Follow the places and topics you care about.

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Traceable to the source Every brief links back to official material.

See what changed without scanning 200-page agenda packages

Understand why it matters in clear, practical language

Follow what affects you by topic, municipality and neighbourhood

The gap CivicBuddy is solving

Local government is transparent.
It just isn't easy to follow.

Most municipalities publish an enormous amount of information. The hard part is discovering what matters, understanding it quickly and seeing it before the decision is already made.

REGULAR COUNCIL Agenda Package

246 pages

Too much source material

Agendas, staff reports, minutes, notices and attachments add up quickly.

Little context

The title of an agenda item rarely tells you how a decision might affect daily life.

Rezoning Traffic Public hearing

Easy to hear about it too late

Important discussions often surface on social media only after the useful participation window has narrowed.

Notice Meeting You hear about it

How it works

From civic documents to something you can actually use.

CivicBuddy is designed to reduce the effort of staying informed without hiding the original source material.

Step 01

Follow official sources

Track meetings, agendas, minutes, public notices and supporting documents from local government.

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Step 02

Explain what changed

Surface the proposal or decision, what it means and the details most likely to matter to residents.

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Step 03

Bring it to you

Follow places and topics so relevant civic changes can find you instead of the other way around.

Follow what matters

Your city is bigger than politics.

Local decisions touch housing, roads, parks, development, business, taxes, transit and everyday neighbourhood life. CivicBuddy is being built around those practical questions.

Tell us your municipality →

⌂ Development near me Rezoning, construction and neighbourhood plans

↗ Roads & transit Projects, traffic changes and mobility

♧ Parks & community Facilities, trails and public spaces

$ Budgets & taxes Spending priorities and property taxes

Municipal Elections

Make a more informed choice in your local election.

Municipal elections decide who will make important choices about housing, development, roads, property taxes, parks, infrastructure, transit, and the local services you use every day.

CivicBuddy can help you understand the issues behind the campaign — without spending hours digging through council agendas, meeting minutes, municipal reports, and public notices.

Understand the issues before election day

See the major proposals, projects, public hearings, and decisions currently before your council. CivicBuddy helps turn complex civic information into clear summaries and links you back to the official sources.

Put campaign promises in context

When candidates talk about housing, transportation, taxes, development, or public services, understand what your municipality is already dealing with and what your local council can actually influence.

Look at the record

For candidates who already serve as mayor or councillor, CivicBuddy can help make past decisions, motions, and voting records easier to find and understand — with links back to official council records.

See what the next council will inherit

Elections don't start municipal government from scratch. Major developments, budgets, infrastructure projects, public hearings, and unresolved decisions may already be underway when a new council takes office.

Keep following what happens after the campaign ends

Election day chooses your representatives, but the important decisions continue for years afterward. CivicBuddy helps you follow the new council, the issues they take on, and the decisions they ultimately make.

Why local elections matter

Your municipal government makes decisions that can directly affect your neighbourhood.

Zoning and development, local roads, parks and recreation, infrastructure, property taxes, community facilities, transportation, and many other everyday issues are influenced by decisions made at the local level.

CivicBuddy is being built to make those decisions easier to discover, understand, and follow.

Election day is only the beginning

Election day chooses your council.
CivicBuddy helps you follow what they do next.

Tell us which city or municipality you're interested in and help us decide where CivicBuddy should launch first.

Join early access

Our product principles

Useful civic information should feel calm, clear and trustworthy.

Source first

Summaries should point back to the official records they came from.

Explain, don't inflame

The product should clarify local decisions rather than manufacture outrage.

Relevance over volume

Residents should be able to follow what matters without drowning in everything else.

FAQ

Still early.
Intentionally.

CivicBuddy is being validated before a broader launch. Early interest will help shape the first communities and features we prioritize.

Is CivicBuddy a news site?

Not exactly. CivicBuddy is designed around official local-government sources and the decisions moving through civic processes rather than a general news feed.

Will CivicBuddy tell me what to think?

No. The goal is to explain what is being proposed or decided, why it may matter and where the underlying information came from.

Which cities will be supported?

We plan to start locally and prioritize communities partly based on early demand. Add your municipality when you sign up to help guide that decision.

Will it be free?

We expect to offer a useful free experience. The exact feature set and any future paid options are still being explored.

Help shape the first launch

Would CivicBuddy make your city easier to follow?

Join the early list and tell us where you live. Your signup helps us measure real demand and decide where CivicBuddy should launch first.

Join early access → No spam. Just meaningful product updates.