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Bloomz for Cities›Civic Rewards
Civic Rewards

Points for showing up for your city, redeemed at local businesses.

A reason to open the app on a day when nothing is wrong.

Staff award civic points for the participation that keeps a small city running, such as completing alert setup, attending a commission meeting or joining a cleanup. Residents redeem points for offers from local businesses and get a coupon with a code and a QR code. Staff at the business scan it, and when the offer carries a business credit, the city can apply that credit to the business's own utility bill. It gives residents a reason to open the app on a day when nothing is wrong.

Staff-awarded pointsLocal business offersQR code at the counterBusiness credit on the utility billOffer end dates and limitsSwitched on per city
City of Fort MeadeCivic Rewards and Neighborhood Challenges · Award points
Award points
Reason
Volunteered at a City event · 50Attended a City Commission meeting · 20Neighborhood cleanup · 40Reported an issue that got fixed · 15
Note
Peace River cleanup, Sep 20
Recipients
8 residents selected: Grace O., Dev P., Linh N., and 5 more
Award 50 points to 8 residents
Daily award limit per staff member applies

Staff award points one at a time or for a whole event.

Step 1 of 8: Award points
Illustrative screens with demo data
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Points for the participation your city wants

Staff award points to residents with a reason they write, so the record says why. NeighborLift also awards points when a neighbor confirms that a help request was completed. Residents see their balance and their history in the app they already use for alerts.

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Staff-awarded points: with a reason, so every award has a record
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Points from NeighborLift: awarded when the neighbor confirms the help was done
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Balance and history in the app: points banked and past redemptions
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Switched on per city: Bloomz turns it on during onboarding
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Offers from local businesses, redeemed with a code

Create an offer with a title, a description, a photo, a points cost and a Local badge, switch it on or off, and optionally set an end date, a total redemption limit and a limit per person. Residents browse the active offers and redeem for a coupon with a short code and a QR code. City staff can still look a code up and mark it used.

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Offers with a points cost: title, description, photo and a Local badge
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Switch an offer on or off: active offers are the ones residents see
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End dates and limits: a total cap and a per-person limit, so an offer does not run past what a business can honor
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A coupon with a QR code: the short code and its QR code on the resident's phone
Codes
redeemed at the counter
A code can be used once. City staff can verify it, or the business scans it.
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Businesses scan the coupon and earn credit on their utility bill

The city lists each participating business and links its staff, who sign in to the Bloomz app as ordinary members. On Scan coupons, they scan the resident's QR code with the phone camera, or type the code, and mark it used. An offer can carry an amount the business earns per use. Where the city takes payments in Bloomz, city billing staff apply the business's credit to an open bill on its linked utility account.

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Scan coupons: the phone camera reads the coupon's QR code; typing the code works too
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Only their own offers: a business can use codes for its own offers and no one else's
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Resident privacy: the business sees a first name and an initial, never the full name
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Credit on the utility bill: applied by city billing staff to an open bill on the business's linked utility account
City of Fort MeadeCivic Rewards and Neighborhood Challenges · Award points
Award points
Reason
Volunteered at a City event · 50Attended a City Commission meeting · 20Neighborhood cleanup · 40Reported an issue that got fixed · 15
Note
Peace River cleanup, Sep 20
Recipients
8 residents selected: Grace O., Dev P., Linh N., and 5 more
Award 50 points to 8 residents
Daily award limit per staff member applies

Staff award points one at a time or for a whole event.

Step 1 of 8: Award points
Illustrative screens with demo data
From the blogRead more: What's new in Bloomz for Cities, October 2026 →
Questions we hear

Common questions

Are points awarded automatically?

Staff award points, and NeighborLift awards them when a help request is confirmed. Other activity does not earn points on its own.

Can a resident's points become a credit on their utility bill?

No. A resident redeems points for an offer and gets a code to show. Points are never applied to a resident's bill or paid out as money.

Can a business's credit go on its utility bill?

Yes, where the city takes payments in Bloomz. When an offer carries a business credit, each code the business uses adds that amount to its balance, and city billing staff apply the balance to an open bill on the business's linked utility account.

Do local businesses need a login?

Only to scan coupons themselves. Business staff sign in as ordinary Bloomz members and the city links them to their business. A business that does not sign in can still have city staff verify codes for it.

Can a business see who redeemed an offer?

It sees the resident's first name and last initial, such as Grace O., and the offer. It never sees the full name or the resident's other activity.

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