Every organization does its own promotion and listing. This information would need to be aggregated into a common format. All the PR people would have to be "on board" with making timely and consistent updates. We'd need to show that doing this one "data entry" would propagate across the internet, resulting in numerous listings for their showings (as Eventful does). Then we would need to let potential client organizations know that we have built a better mousetrap.

The mashup under development a Think New Orleans will provide a citizen driven tool for the notification of demolitions. Not only that, it will provide an interactive map of the recovery. Permit overlay – Citizens will be able to view the pace of construction and the nature of construction with an overlay of city building permits. The permit information exists as a set of EditGrid spreadsheets, geocoded using Google Geocoder. It is updated automatically, every day with the latest permits, extracted from the city website. This is data that is ripe for the mashing.City demolition overlay – We wrestle with the city to get an accurate list of the houses they intend to demolish. When we do, we will add that information as an overlay to the mashup.Permit and demolition notification – Neighborhood groups are the driving force of New Orleans’ recovery. We want to provide them with a notification tool, that will allow them to get daily updates on who’s rebuilding, who’s coming back. Incentive Eligable Inventory – As further tax incentives for restoration become available, the map will outline the historic districts and map the eligible housing inventory. The marker’s balloon will include the purchase price + estimated renovation – tax incentives = total cost to own, with links to financing at local banking partners. This will trun the mashup into an antidote to demolition.