Beacon

Your civic AI assistant

Beacon helps you discover what's happening here — alerts, polls, issues, events and consultations near you, summarised in plain language.

What's happening here?

Beacon summarises the civic activity in your area — issues, alerts, events, polls, and conversations.

What alerts are active near me? Which polls are closing this week? Show open issues in Ward 3 Events this weekend in Walkerville What's the City consulting on?

Beacon is a demonstration of the planned AI civic assistant. Responses shown here are illustrative placeholders. The Beacon backend is part of a future phase.

Sample question

You: What alerts are active near me?

Beacon: You're near Walkerville. 2 active alerts: a boil-water advisory (high severity, in progress) and a severe thunderstorm watch for Essex County until 9pm. The Ouellette Ave road closure on Saturday is informational.

Boil-water advisory — Walkerville Severe thunderstorm watch

Where Beacon will show up

As a capsule on the map (top-right) so users can ask while exploring.
Inline on Civic Pulse to summarise the day's activity.
As a standalone shell at /beacon/ for focused questions.