Bradley Holt credits collaboration and community effort for much of the Civic Cloud success.

“The Civic Cloud has its roots in community media as well as the maker movement and the civic hacking movement. Over the past year, we’ve worked with numerous individuals to define a vision for civic and public uses of our city’s gigabit network,” Holt said. “From this vision came the cultivation and nurturing of the Civic Cloud Collaborative, a group of local individuals and organizations with deeply aligned values.”