Civic data for newsrooms.
Meeting transcripts, municipal finances, crime stats, school performance, environmental records — 60+ government sources, 15,000+ municipalities, one platform. Free Analyst-tier access for verified journalists. No paywall, no trial expiration.
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Pick any municipality. This is real data, updated from official sources.
Public Safety
814
Reported incidents (last 12 months)
26-week trend
Municipal Finances
+$7.2M
Surplus — revenue vs. expenditure
Revenue
$77.0M
Spending
$69.8M
From state comptroller filings
Building Activity
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Building permits on file
- Pension funded ratios
- Property tax levy data
- TIF district reports
- Federal spending awards
What Stories Live in the Data
Six angles ready for reporting — each backed by structured, verifiable data you can explore immediately.
Follow the money from D.C. to Main Street
Trace every federal dollar from USAspending.gov awards through state agencies down to the local contractors and businesses receiving the funds. See which private companies win public contracts, how much, and for what.
See federal spending →30+ years of incident-level crime data
NIBRS data across 71 offense types, broken down by category, disposition, and arrest status. Compare crime trends across towns, identify spikes, and track year-over-year changes at the neighborhood level.
See crime data →Which schools are underfunded and by how much?
Evidence-Based Funding tiers, per-pupil spending, test scores, graduation rates, and audit data for every school district. See adequacy targets, actual funding gaps, and how your district compares statewide.
See education data →Property tax breakdown by every taxing district
See exactly which taxing bodies — schools, fire, library, park, village — make up your property tax bill. Track composite rate changes, levy increases, and compare across municipalities.
See property tax data →Track local economic growth in real time
Building permits, new business licenses, liquor licenses, gaming revenue, and economic indicators. See which towns are growing, which industries are moving in, and where development is booming.
See business data →Property sales, assessments, and zoning — mapped
Property sales history, assessed values vs. market values, tax appeals data, zoning district maps with FEMA flood overlays. Identify neighborhoods where values are rising or falling.
See real estate data →What You Get
Free Analyst-Tier Access
- All 15,000+ municipalities, all 9 data categories
- AI civic chat — unlimited questions
- Scorecards, trends, cross-town comparisons, rankings
- Meeting transcripts with speaker ID & vote detection
- Data export for your reporting workflow
- No paywall, no trial expiration
Boilerplate
MyTownView is a civic intelligence platform that aggregates local government data — meetings, finances, crime statistics, building permits, school performance, and more — from 60+ government agencies for 15,000+ municipalities across Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. Founded by Tony Grollo, the platform uses AI to transcribe and summarize board meetings, detect votes, and make public records searchable. Core civic data is free for all users.
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How We Collect Data
Official Government Sources
Data is pulled directly from government portals, state agency databases, and federal data systems on a daily, weekly, and monthly cadence. Nothing is fabricated — every data point traces back to an official public record.
AI Meeting Analysis
Board meeting videos are processed through a multi-stage pipeline: audio extraction, transcription with speaker diarization, face and vote detection, and AI summarization. Every claim links to a timestamp.
Data Sources
Federal
USAspending.gov, EPA, FEMA, Census Bureau, IRS, NREL, CourtListener
State
State comptrollers, departments of education, departments of revenue, law enforcement agencies (per state)
County
County assessors, recorders, GIS systems, sheriff departments
Municipal
CivicClerk, Granicus, Legistar, CivicPlus, municipal websites
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About MyTownView
Founded by Tony Grollo, a lifelong Villa Park resident who spent years digging through scattered government websites to understand what was happening in his own town.
Read full story →Response Time
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