Fresh Launch — Zerrow × KPMG: Calgary Public Engagement Hub

Calgary Public Engagement Hub

KPMG and the City of Calgary just opened the floor to everyone.

A new public engagement survey went live this week, and it's not your typical feedback form. This one speaks seven languages—because if you're asking the whole city for input, you need to actually reach the whole city.

What makes this different

Calgary is diverse. Really diverse. So KPMG built an engagement hub that doesn't assume everyone speaks English. The survey adapts—same questions, seven languages, one unified conversation about the city's future.

Residents can weigh in on what matters to them, in the language they think in. No barriers. No translation apps needed. Just direct participation.

Zerrow helped KPMG create custom welcome videos in the seven languages, to introduce the survey to Calgarians.

Why multilingual matters

Most public surveys lose entire communities in translation. When engagement tools only work in one or two languages, you're not getting public input—you're getting input from whoever speaks those languages.

This approach flips that. It says "your voice counts" and actually means it.

The tech doing the work

Zerrow.com built the voting technology and designed the landing page. The system handles multilingual responses and displays results in real time. KPMG can watch participation data come in live, seeing patterns emerge as the community responds.

No waiting for reports. No data delays. Just instant visibility into what Calgarians are saying, as they're saying it.

The result? Public engagement that's actually... public.

P.S. You can check out the survey yourself at engage.getneighbor.com/calgary. And if you're in Calgary, this is your chance to be part of the conversation—literally, in whatever language works for you.

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