@whatsuptucson funding
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@whatsuptucson is the Twitter account that I run which features local information, breaking news, lost and found pets, fire calls, emergency related info, community events, and lots of tips and photos from followers sharing traffic accidents and other newsworthy events as they happen. In addition, I have Tweeted police calls to break up loud parties, DUI checkpoints, alerts about speed traps, and helped people and organizations get the word out about a variety of things like fundraising car washes, lost relatives, and the list goes on.
It was an idea started by a wonderful woman named Leesa who moved to California and offered it to me. Since 2009 when I took over, it's grown exponentially (13 times larger at this point) into a real community resource that has been used by emergency services, local news organizations, traffic reporters, and people who live in (or love) Tucson to get around accidents, speed traps, find out what's up in their neighborhood, even to find a lost dog, etc. It took four years to reach 10,000 followers, 17 months after that there are now over 25,000 followers.
@whatsuptucson is still run as a one man operation (me!) and it's no longer a hobby. It grown to a point where it takes ongoing resources (that I've paid for myself up to this point) to continue providing the information that this Twitter offers.
If you feel the information that it provides is valuable to you and the community (or if it's just saved your butt a time or two), the contributions you make will continue this service. The funds will be used to pay for data and internet. I spend seven days a week year round working on curating the information in the hope that it provides a useful service to you.
I appreciate your consideration.
It was an idea started by a wonderful woman named Leesa who moved to California and offered it to me. Since 2009 when I took over, it's grown exponentially (13 times larger at this point) into a real community resource that has been used by emergency services, local news organizations, traffic reporters, and people who live in (or love) Tucson to get around accidents, speed traps, find out what's up in their neighborhood, even to find a lost dog, etc. It took four years to reach 10,000 followers, 17 months after that there are now over 25,000 followers.
@whatsuptucson is still run as a one man operation (me!) and it's no longer a hobby. It grown to a point where it takes ongoing resources (that I've paid for myself up to this point) to continue providing the information that this Twitter offers.
If you feel the information that it provides is valuable to you and the community (or if it's just saved your butt a time or two), the contributions you make will continue this service. The funds will be used to pay for data and internet. I spend seven days a week year round working on curating the information in the hope that it provides a useful service to you.
I appreciate your consideration.
Organizer
Ken Carr
Organizer
Tucson, AZ