MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A smart phone app is now being used to fight blight in Memphis.
It’s called Bluff City Snapshot.
The city gives volunteers smart phones, they’re assigned an area, and their job is to snap a picture of every property and list the problems they see.
“It has helped the community out and helps people see what’s actually going on,” said volunteer JW Cowan.
By the end of November, every address in Memphis will be recorded, and the city will start sorting through it, figuring out what neighborhoods need attention, what properties need to be torn down, and if current blight fighting programs are working.
Public Works said this app allows them to be more proactive.
Cowan said so far, he has seen many troubled spots.
Problems the city may not have noticed otherwise.
Bluff City Snapshot allows city employees to document what needs to be done specifically to clean up.
Volunteers will get paid $320 for 40 hours of work. The driver will get $720.
The last opportunity to become a volunteer is Wednesday, October 28.
For more information: Property Surveyor Volunteers 2015
