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Archive

2012

May 8 My Green Lake is now a part of EveryBlock Seattle
May 7 Introducing the 'No thanks' button
Apr 30 The brand-new EveryBlock iPhone app
Apr 20 Neighbor recruitment update: The leading neighborhoods
Apr 1 Join our neighbor recruitment drive and support local schools
Mar 16 New partnership: NabeWise
Mar 8 EveryBlock and Time Out Chicago Partner Up
Mar 1 Let’s all “be a better neighbor”
Feb 24 EveryBlock neighbors give more than 100,000 "thanks"
Feb 15 Make some radio with the Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge
Feb 13 New on EveryBlock: Volunteer Opportunities
Jan 30 Introducing comment preview
Jan 26 Job opportunity: User interface designer at EveryBlock
Jan 18 Introducing events
Jan 11 The top EveryBlock discussions last year

2011

Dec 9 Hello from the EveryBlock New York community coordinator
Nov 16 Invite your friends to EveryBlock using your address book
Nov 8 Job opening: Seattle EveryBlock Community Coordinator
Oct 11 Neighbors use EveryBlock to bring more businesses to their community
Sep 27 Introducing the EveryBlock publisher program
Sep 26 New feature: Mute users
Aug 31 Job opportunity: Developer/sysadmin at EveryBlock
Jul 27 New on EveryBlock: classroom fundraisers
Jul 25 EveryBlock conversation turns into a community fundraiser
Jul 13 New features: Photo uploads, social sharing and more
Jul 6 Job opportunity: Web/mobile developer at EveryBlock
Jul 5 Job opening: EveryBlock Community Coordinator
Jun 14 Announcing the Chicago "Very Important Neighbor" contest
Jun 2 Trulia's crime map and EveryBlock visualizations
May 26 Neighbors use EveryBlock to jumpstart first farmers’ market in ten years
May 18 EveryBlock post helps catch neighborhood flasher
May 17 New on EveryBlock: San Francisco crime
May 16 New feature: Neighbor e-mail
May 9 New on EveryBlock: Seattle crime
Apr 28 Congratulations to the first group of EveryBlock Active Neighbors
Apr 27 New feature: Invite more neighbors
Apr 26 EveryBlock one month after relaunch
Apr 22 A note about the site being down
Apr 21 Site down
Apr 18 New feature: Mute button
Apr 14 EveryBlock on the CTA
Apr 12 Who reads your neighbor messages?
Mar 31 Vote for #city17
Mar 21 Redesign notes for existing users
Mar 21 EveryBlock's first major redesign
Mar 16 A new EveryBlock
Feb 11 Rahm Emanuel visits EveryBlock
Feb 10 EveryBlock brings neighbors and city council candidates together
Jan 31 Results of the EveryBlock user survey
Jan 25 New in each city: classes

2010

Dec 29 Hello from the new EveryBlock community manager
Dec 22 New in each city: meetups
Dec 20 New in each city: apartment listings
Nov 1 Introducing the EveryBlock partner API
Oct 21 Announcing the EveryBlock badge for aldermanic candidates
Sep 27 You’re Invited: Ravenswood ArtWalk and EveryBlock Open House
Aug 3 Introducing the EveryBlock Widget
Jun 24 Job opening: Community Manager
Jun 10 New on EveryBlock: Washington, DC, building permits
May 6 New on EveryBlock: Houston active fire/police incidents
May 3 Announcing the EveryBlock mobile site
Apr 26 New in each city: reported issues from SeeClickFix
Mar 25 New EveryBlock city: Portland
Feb 8 New on EveryBlock: commercial real estate listings
Feb 3 'As it happens' e-mail alerts
Jan 12 New on EveryBlock: School reviews
Jan 7 New feature: Notify your neighbors
Jan 4 Timeline redesigned for improving timeliness

2009

Oct 19 New feature: Post comments on news
Oct 16 New on EveryBlock: Boston Calls for service
Oct 14 Introducing EveryBlock address pages
Sep 25 New on EveryBlock: San Francisco calls for service
Sep 22 Screencast: How to create and edit a custom location
Aug 28 New feature: custom locations
Aug 24 New iPhone app version
Aug 17 MSNBC.com acquires EveryBlock
Jul 15 Lessons from LA crime data issues
Jul 7 EveryBlock supports New York City open data legislation
Jun 30 EveryBlock source code released
Jun 11 EveryBlock will be down for maintenance
Jun 8 Four more EveryBlock cities launched
May 18 Introducing EveryBlock accounts
May 5 Helping tame information overload
Apr 29 EveryBlock iPhone app now available
Apr 8 New today: more accurate mapping
Apr 2 Behind the scenes of a Charlotte data oddity
Mar 16 EveryBlock testifies for open records ordinance
Mar 12 San Francisco police calls are back
Feb 11 New on EveryBlock: local deals and coupons
Feb 11 Some press coverage
Feb 4 Cast a vote for EveryBlock in your city
Jan 28 EveryBlock works with New York Times to expand NYC site
Jan 23 EveryBlock’s one year birthday
Jan 12 New feature: Neighborhood trends
Jan 8 New feature: Go back in time for your block

2008

Dec 9 New on EveryBlock: Chicago foreclosures
Dec 8 New on EveryBlock: New York City Street condition reports
Nov 25 New on EveryBlock: San Francisco police calls
Nov 21 New redesign, easier filtering
Oct 30 Two more EveryBlock cities launched
Oct 22 Radio interview on Smart City
Oct 6 Redesign of section pages
Oct 6 New on EveryBlock: Seattle liquor licenses
Sep 26 New on EveryBlock: Chicago bike racks
Sep 25 EveryBlock at Wired NextFest
Sep 22 Beautiful new city homepages
Sep 16 More sophisticated e-mail alerts
Sep 15 EveryBlock receives Online Journalism Award
Sep 3 Data improvements for LA and Charlotte
Aug 27 Say hello to EveryBlock Los Angeles
Aug 22 New feature: Select search radius for RSS feeds
Aug 18 Two new EveryBlock partnerships
Aug 18 Three more EveryBlock cities launched
Aug 18 Tribune profile of EveryBlock's founder
Jul 29 NYC liquor license data improvements
Jul 23 EveryBlock partners with the Chicago Tribune
Jul 22 Philadelphia historical images
Jul 10 Click to highlight location on map
Jul 10 EveryBlock in your car
Jul 10 Charlotte restaurant inspections update
Jul 9 New special report: Batman movie filming locations
Jul 2 Custom filter now has radius search
Jun 30 Two new EveryBlock cities are live
Jun 17 Small navigation redesign
Jun 13 New York Attorney General Expired Pharmacy Products Investigation Locations
Jun 2 The first EveryBlock 'special report'
May 30 San Francisco building permits inaccuracy fixed
May 27 More information, easier to scan
May 23 EveryBlock story on MyRaganTV
May 21 Recent EveryBlock-themed conference keynote
May 1 Open Government Data and the EveryBlock Project
Apr 25 New data: Chicago building permits
Apr 22 More granular block/neighborhood feeds
Apr 18 New data: Chicago property transfers
Apr 17 Update for Internet Explorer users
Apr 14 New data: Real estate listings from Trulia
Apr 9 New data: New York sign permits
Apr 8 The EveryBlock issue of A List Apart
Apr 3 Custom filter now has maps
Apr 2 Custom filter now has text search and address search
Apr 1 New data: San Francisco real estate listings
Mar 21 We've added a FAQ
Mar 20 News index pages slightly redesigned
Mar 12 Improved map markers
Mar 11 New data: New York property sales
Mar 10 New feature: Change the search radius around your block
Mar 4 Podcast interview about EveryBlock
Feb 18 About our maps
Feb 15 'Why is my San Francisco street being torn up?'
Feb 11 Block homepage improvements
Feb 8 Small improvement: fewer clicks
Feb 7 Recent EveryBlock press coverage
Feb 7 Quick update about site connectivity problems
Jan 29 Home, again
Jan 29 New: E-mail alerts for your block
Jan 24 Location RSS feeds added
Jan 24 Post-launch notes
Jan 23 Introducing EveryBlock