About Wildfire
It Started with a Question
What if your neighbors actually had power?
Wildfire started on Chicago's South Side, where a neighbor got tired of yelling into the void. Alderperson emails went unanswered. Town halls were theater. Budget decisions happened behind closed doors.
So we built something different.
A platform where every vote is counted in real-time. Where every message to an elected official is tracked. Where silence from City Hall is just as visible as a response. Not a complaint box — an organized, data-driven civic movement that makes it impossible for officials to pretend they don't hear you.
Where We're Going
This isn't a civic experiment. It's a plan.
Your alderperson can't ignore 1,000 organized neighbors. Every message tracked. Every silence published.
Enough collective voice to shape elections and pass ballot measures through organized ward blocs.
The civic infrastructure every American neighborhood deserves — starting right here in Chicago.
What Wildfire Is — and Isn't
What We Are
- A civic co-op owned by its members
- An accountability engine for elected officials
- Your data, published publicly — never sold
- Trilingual (English, Spanish, Chinese)
- Open to current leaders who want to engage
What We're Not
- Partisan or tied to any party
- A protest movement — we build, not just oppose
- A VC-funded startup
- Beholden to any donor or special interest
- About any one person — this is a movement
A Letter from the Founder
I grew up on Chicago's South Side. I've watched City Council meetings where alderpersons vote on things that change my neighborhood — and nobody in my neighborhood knew the vote was happening.
The problem isn't that Chicagoans don't care. The problem is that caring has never been connected to power. Your opinion lives in your group chat, not on your alderperson's desk. There's no way to prove that 500 of your neighbors agree with you. Individual voices are easy to dismiss. Collective data is not.
That's what Wildfire is. A system where every poll you vote on, every survey you complete, every discussion you join generates real data about what your community wants. That data goes directly to your elected officials — with a link for them to respond publicly. If they don't respond? That silence becomes part of their permanent public record.
I can't do this alone. Chicago needs your participation, your perspective, and your neighbors. This is ours to build. Let's make it too loud to ignore.
— Sergio, Founder
Built in Chicago. For Chicago.
No venture capital. No PAC money. No party affiliation. Wildfire is funded by its members and built by volunteers who believe civic infrastructure should be owned by the people it serves.