Two Ways to Get Ready
Every track has a CityReady app — take the free assessment, then continue with self-paced implementation as a member or bring in our consultants for hands-on guidance.
Our services are organized into four tracks. Each one has a CityReady app with a free readiness assessment that anyone can take. Paid members unlock self-paced implementation guidance built right into the same tool. If you want hands-on expert support, our consulting engagements are available at every stage.
AI Readiness
Adopt AI responsibly with the right governance, policy, and strategy.
Cybersecurity
Understand your risk posture and protect your community's data.
Grants
Find, pursue, win, and manage grant funding with confidence.
Innovation Readiness
Build the digital foundation that makes everything else possible.
AI Readiness
77% of local governments cite lack of awareness as their primary barrier to AI adoption. This track moves your organization from awareness through governance to responsible implementation.
AI Ready
One app, two tiers. Start with a free assessment, then unlock self-paced implementation guidance as a paid member.
Readiness Assessment
Score your organization across awareness, capacity, governance, workforce, and community context. 10 minutes.
Implementation Guidance
AI inventory and risk classification, policy drafting with model language, pilot design, and vendor evaluation scorecards.
AI Readiness Workshop
Classify AI applications by risk, apply the PEARS governance framework, and draft interim guidance.
90-Day AI Implementation
Build governance, launch a Tier 1 pilot, establish vendor evaluation, and create a 12-month roadmap.
AI Policy Development
Formal AI use policy, data handling protocols, workforce framework, and council briefing package.
Cybersecurity
You can't adopt new technology responsibly without understanding your current security posture. This track gives you a clear picture of where you're protected, where you're exposed, and what to do about it.
Cyber Ready
One app, two tiers. Start with a free security posture assessment, then unlock guided remediation as a paid member.
Security Posture Assessment
Evaluate your posture across asset management, access controls, data protection, policy, and staff awareness. 10 minutes.
Implementation Guidance
Asset inventory builder, policy gap analysis with model language, staff awareness training modules, and prioritized remediation roadmap.
Cybersecurity Posture Assessment
A structured review across five domains: asset management, access controls, data protection, policy, and staff awareness. Includes phishing simulation and remediation roadmap.
Grant Readiness
Over $1.2 trillion in grant funding is available annually, but 85% of small communities have no dedicated grant staff. This track takes you from identifying opportunities through winning awards to managing compliance.
Grant Ready
One app, two tiers. Start with a free readiness assessment, then unlock guided grant pursuit and management as a paid member.
Grant Readiness Assessment
Evaluate organizational capacity, financial infrastructure, and compliance readiness for grant funding. 10 minutes.
Pursuit & Management Guidance
Funding opportunity matching, narrative and budget templates, go/no-go framework, and compliance and reporting checklists.
Grant Readiness Workshop
Map community needs to funding sources, build a grant calendar, and create a 90-day pursuit plan.
Grant Pursuit Package
Project scoping, narrative development, budget building, and a submission-ready proposal.
Grant Management Setup
Reporting systems, financial controls, documentation practices, and audit preparation.
Innovation Readiness
Most communities can't adopt AI or modernize services because they haven't digitized core operations. This track builds the operational foundation that makes technology adoption possible.
City Ready
One app, two tiers. Start with a free operational maturity assessment, then unlock guided digitization planning as a paid member.
Operational Maturity Assessment
Score your organization across records, workflows, systems, staff capacity, and service delivery. 10 minutes.
Implementation Guidance
Guided workflow documentation, vendor evaluation scorecards, implementation checklists, and change management templates.
Innovation Readiness Workshop
Identify digitization gaps, prioritize quick wins, and build a 90-day improvement roadmap.
90-Day Digital Foundation
Guided implementation: inventory systems, evaluate vendors, launch a pilot, and train your team.
Change Management
Communication plans, champion development, and resistance management to ensure adoption sticks.
Not Sure Where to Start?
Each CityReady app starts with a free assessment — 10 minutes, no account required. See where you stand, then decide how you want to move forward.