Urbanite is a publication on a mission. Their manifesto on their Web site says it all:
Living in a city is a lot like being in a relationship. It’s not some one-night stand. It’s a long-term commitment. It takes work, trust, and honesty. It takes discussion and involvement. And someone’s got to do the laundry.
Urbanite is a publication dedicated to addressing the issues affecting the relationship between the city and those who live there. Urbanite sees city living as a philosophy and a lifestyle. The magazine is free, available to anyone. Combining entertaining and compelling features with captivating design, Urbanite looks at the story behind the story, exploring issues from fresh angles and providing readers with new ideas to confront life’s bigger questions in smart and constructive ways. The decisions we make today within our relationships – and within our city – create the realities of tomorrow.
Urbanite realizes that. And we know that we are all in it together.
Urbanite publisher, Tracy Durkin, shared how she became aware of Groupsites powered by CollectiveX:
“Over a year ago, I was invited to a Social Network Marketing Panel that had set up a Groupsite for the seminar attendees. I then was invited to join a few Groupsites that were being used by groups I was actively involved in supporting. Pretty soon, it seemed everyone I met who was making things happen in a group setting was using a Groupsite as a tool.
I decided to look at how Urbanite could put a Groupsite to work, for us. The obvious answer was to use it as our corporate intranet. Our hardworking team is constantly meeting, dropping by each other’s offices and barraging each other with endless emails as we go about our jobs. By creating a space where we could share a calendar and common files, we began to work much more effectively. The ability to have online discussions archived and visible to the entire group, instead of buried in everyone’s overflowing inboxes, has also proven to be helpful.
Using a Groupsite as our corporate intranet works so well that we decided to let our readers create their own at www.collectivex.com/x/urbanite.
Our readers make things happen. Groupsites help them make things happen collectively.”