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For Immediate Release
Stickymap.com launches free Community Organization Mapping Tool

Fairfield, Connecticut, October 15, 2007

Stickymap.com, a social action website sponsored by Neighborhood Resources LLC of Weston, CT, launched a free community organization mapping tool today, October 15.

“The new addition to our website allows community organizations to create interactive maps of their neighborhoods. We’ve taken our interactive technology that we developed two years ago as Yale University students and packaged it to allow community groups to share projects in their neighborhoods with the entire online community,” said Daniel Wiznia, project manager and co-founder.

Stickymap is a free application that helps non-profits and other community organizations demonstrate their impact in their neighborhoods as well as their relationships with local businesses.

“Several community organizations in New Haven have been testing the application for the last few months, and since we’ve been receiving requests from other groups, we thought it made sense to make Stickymap’s community organization tools accessible to everyone,” said Max Sklar, co-founder and lead developer.

Stickymap provides an interactive interface that facilitates collaborative community support and learning. Residents, business owners, and community leaders are able to share their opinions and work together to build a stronger and more vibrant neighborhood environment.

“We want everyone to share their neighborhoods,” Sklar said. “Stickymap.com allows users to inform others about their communities.”

The map-making application allows groups to place locations on a custom map, and share this map with residents and organizations in their community. The map provides a graphical representation of the neighborhood and has an interface that allows the community to upload photos and leave comments about locations on the map.

Stickymap is focusing on helping community organizations, foundations, chambers of commerce, and non-profits build strong communities.

Stickymap.com technology was developed by Yale University graduates Max Sklar and Daniel Wiznia.

Contact
Email: admin@stickymap.com
Phone: 203.903.0627
Fax: 1.800.531.7166
http://www.stickymap.com

For immediate release – Grand Launch of www.stickymap.comNew Haven, July 24, 2006 – Today is the official grand opening of stickymap.com.

Stickymap.com, an interactive “wiki” style map website, allows users to annotate map content by creating graphical points of interest. Stickymap enhances the online map experience by allowing its members to create markers, edit and remove content, and explore new areas.

Anyone with internet access can create markers on the map and write descriptions. For example, within Manhattan there are over 30 markers including Morningside Park, Saint Lukes Hospital, and NYU Medical Center. The site currently has over 1,000 total markers and is growing daily.

Stickymap.com is developed by Yale University graduates Max Sklar and Daniel Wiznia and RPI graduate Craig Lorentzen. Sklar and Lorentzen grew up in Weston, Connecticut. Wiznia grew up in Woodbridge, Connecticut.

“We want everyone to share their neighborhoods,” Max Sklar, Chief Technical Officer, said. “Stickymap.com allows users to inform others about their communities.”

“I wanted to get a sense of my friend’s neighborhood before visiting him in New York,” Daniel Wiznia, Chief Strategy Officer, said. “I searched on Stickymap.com and I was able to learn a little about the community.”

Stickymap.com uses Google’s map technology and a wiki interface to allow users to post and edit markers.

The 4 most described cities to date:

1. New Haven
2. New York
3. Boston
4. Washington DC

Stickymap.com users can also:

• Search the titles of markers.
• Search for a location by address.
• Sift through markers according to their classification.

Contact:

Daniel Wiznia

Email: admin@stickymap.com

www.stickymap.com