Chicago,
Sep 17 - Chicago will
become the first major city with its own Foursquare city ÒbadgeÓ, earned after
Òchecking inÓ at five of 20 designated neighbourhood attractions under a
tech-savvy plan unveiled to coincide with Social Media Week.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel kicked off Social Media
Week here by announcing Chicago
as the world's first city to have its own foursquare City Badge, in partnership
with New York-based Foursquare, the social location-based service .
The city's Department of Cultural Affairs and
Special Events selected 20 spots around Chicago.
Foursquare users that check in to five of these locations will earn the ÒWindy
City BadgeÓ.
Emanuel while highlighting the innovative
efforts in social media, said Chicago
got its own first foursquare City badge, the ÒWindy CityÓ badge, in advance of
Social Media Week (SMW) which kicks-off on Monday.
ÒI am pleased that Chicago can be the first city to offer a
foursquare City badge and participate in this innovative programme,Ó Emanuel
was quoted as saying.
ÒThis badge and partnership with foursquare
will allow Chicagoans and our visitors to discover and share the City s
neighborhood gems and diverse cultural attractions in a new way,Ó he added.
Emanuel was joined by foursquare co-founder
Naveen Selvadurai to make the announcement about Chicago's foursquare City badge.
ÒFoursquare was built to help people explore
the world around them,Ó Selvadurai said adding, Chicago, with its rich diversity in culture
and business is the ideal environment for that exploration.
New York-based Foursqaure is a location-based
social networking website that allows users with GPS-enabled mobile devices to
Òcheck inÓ at venues and earn badges.
Emanuel has advocated and promoted exploring
the neighbourhoods of Chicago
and we're excited to help Chicagoans and visitors check in to new places and
enjoy the city.
Foursquare users who Òcheck-inÓ at five of 20
designated cultural and small business attractions will receive the Windy City
badge.
These locations include The Oriental Institute
Museum in Hyde Park, Garfield Park Conservatory in Garfield
Park, Du Sable Museum in Washington Park,
Chicago Velodrome in South Chicago, and Jane Addams
Hull-House Museum
in Little Italy.
Social Media Week's
mission is to find and discover how cultural, local and regional economies are
becoming stronger through global communication networks.
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