Spartanburg launches new app to help with service requests [Video]

430. ALL NEW AT SIX. THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG JUST INTRODUCED A NEW APP THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO REPORT SERVICE REQUESTS DIRECTLY FROM THEIR PHONES. THE APP LETS THOSE WHO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY IN THE CITY OF SPARTANBURG REPORT ANY NON-EMERGENCY SERVICE REQUESTS THROUGH THE APP. OUR TANIQUA PENNIX HAS MORE. MY SPARTANBURG APP LETS USERS REPORT A PROBLEM BY TAKING A PHOTO AND UPLOADING IT TO THE APP, AND THEN THAT PHOTO WILL GO TO THE CORRECT DEPARTMENT. LIKE PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND RECREATION, OR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. THE CITY’S COMMUNICATION MANAGER, CHRISTOPHER GEORGE, SAYS THE PROCESS WILL GIVE CITY STAFF DETAILED INFORMATION AND REDUCE DUPLICATE REQUESTS. WE DID A LITTLE RESEARCH ABOUT WHAT SOME OTHER CITIES HAVE BEEN DOING ON THIS FRONT, AND THESE KIND OF APPS THAT USE YOUR PHONE’S GPS TO SORT OF TAG WHERE THE ISSUE IS, AND THEN ROUTE THAT TO THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT. …