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About Us: Who We Are

Reimagining Civic Engagement At The Local Level.

GoLocal equips communities and governments with the tools, knowledge, and connections they need to lead and serve effectively. Through our platform, we help appointed leaders thrive, support governments to build stronger bridges between institutions and communities, and make it easier for everyday people to participate in shaping local policy

Our Work & Mission

Go Local empowers citizens to take active roles in local government by connecting them with opportunities to serve, providing practical training and resources, and fostering a national network of changemakers. We help make local government more accessible, transparent, and representative - one community at a time.
About GoLocal

Change Starts With You

GoLocal is a nationwide network of citizens, board and commission appointees, and community leaders who are working together to make local government more transparent, accessible, and representative.

Inside the GoLocal community, you can connect with peers, learn from others’ experiences, and access practical resources to help you make a difference in your community.

Making Public Service More Accessible

Across the country, residents want to help shape their communities, but too often they don’t know how. The process of getting appointed to a local board or commission is confusing, inconsistent, and in many cases, invisible. Public service shouldn't be out of reach — it should be open, accessible, and transparent.
Our Vision

To increase civic participation in the U.S. by removing barriers and providing tools to make it easier for people to serve their communities.​

Our Values

Civic knowledge is power

For people to lead they need to understand how local government works.

Civic knowledge is power

For people to lead they need to understand how local government works.

Access matters

Appointment processes should be open, transparent, and easy to navigate.

Access matters

Appointment processes should be open, transparent, and easy to navigate.

Change starts locally

Strong communities are built by everyday people stepping up to lead.

Change starts locally

Strong communities are built by everyday people stepping up to lead.

Better boards make better policy

Informed, diverse leadership leads to smarter, more sustainable solutions

Better boards make better policy

Informed, diverse leadership leads to smarter, more sustainable solutions