The city of Valparaiso now has one more way to keep the community informed: Twitter. “We’re always willing to try new ways to keep the community informed and Twitter is a new opportunity,” said Mayor Jon Costas. Twitter is a free social messaging utility that allows users to send and receive text or e-mail messages (up to 140 characters) within a network of people or organizations that they choose themselves.
“We’ve seen figures that say that many people will be receive a majority of their news through networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook in the near future,” said Craig Phillips, Valpo’s City Planner. “People who ‘follow’ the city on Twitter can receive immediate real-time news,” he said. Already the city is using Twitter to invite people to apply for positions and submit quotations for upcoming projects.
Twitter users can find the city by searching “valpocity” from twitter.com or use the link from the city’s web site at www.valpo.us.