MAPLE
The Massachusetts Platform for Legislative Engagement, a Code for Boston project: residents submit testimony on real bills and read everyone else's, a public archive that demystifies a process most people never see inside.
Open source (MIT). Listed in Metagov's gallery for deliberating.
Neighborhood use: the learning stage with teeth: when a neighborhood's question turns out to be a policy question, MAPLE's pattern shows what your neighbors already told the legislature, and turns block concerns into testimony.
Remix pattern: a neighborhood testimony page for one local decision (a rezoning, a school change): a plain-language explainer of what's being decided, everyone's submitted statements in public, and how to carry them to the hearing.
Connects: neighborhood concerns become testimony on real bills. A learning layer for deliberation: read what others said before adding your voice.
Details
- maker: Code for Boston
- stages: deliberating
- license: MIT
- repo url: https://github.com/codeforboston/maple
- image url: https://texakzqqenzpxawktbgx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/studio-library/tool-screenshots/delib-maple-2026-08.jpg
- remix idea: A neighborhood testimony page for one local decision, with a plain explainer and public statements.
- practice kind: tool
- metagov listed: true
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Contributed by Code for Boston volunteers · mapletestimony.org
Original source: https://mapletestimony.org
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