The stripe runs quiet — the record is open.
Wildfire — where Chicago organizes itself

Your block has a desk downtown.

Type your corner. See whose desk answers for it — and the record your block starts.
Your corner or ZIP
WARD12· MCKINLEY PARK
Ald. Julia Ramirez answers for this corner.
Ward 12’s record: unwritten. No clock has ever run here. You’d be its first name.
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Desks and ward lines come straight from the live City Council roster — any ZIP in Chicago; street corners are coming. Free · non-partisan · run out of Chicago.
The whole machine
Notice. A photo starts the record.
Talk. The block hashes out what it wants.
Ask. AI drafts; neighbors own every word.
Desk. Delivered, time-stamped, by name.
Clock. Day N of 60, in public.
Record. Answers and silence both land — forever. The flag's fourth star — the answer — gets inked the day the first one lands.
How it works, in full →  ·  The Walk · 2 min →
The flag so far
Chicago earned its stars one at a time. So does this flag.
THE RECORD
opened Jul 2026
THE TABLE
first fire Jul 2026
THE DESK
fills on the first delivery
THE ANSWER
fills on the first answer
The walk · live now
How one block gets an answer — walked end to end.
The Walk · 2 minutes →
What we refuse
No points, no streaks, no outrage feeds.
No ads. Your data is never sold — to anyone.
No party. Every seat gets the same rules.
We collect a first name, a ZIP, a phone number. We never sell it, share it with campaigns, or spam you. Texts today: sign-in codes. How we treat your number →
Started by a South Side founder. The letter, on the record →
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THE CURRENT · WHAT THE CITY SETTLED
Nothing settled yet — the first answer inks the fourth star. Read the record →
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