"HOOT" is an app that provides a unique way of coordinating how communities communicate their wants, needs, and events. It allows users to see everything that's going on in their community, or any community for that matter. Users simply zoom to an area in the world they are interested in, filter their results to whatever categories they want to see (like garage sales, sporting events, or job opportunities), and they will immediately be presented with what they are looking for. HOOT aims to:
•Bring communities together by:
◦Communicating the needs and wants of individuals to other community members
◦Notify community members of what events are going on in their area
◦Ensure communities do more by facilitating chat between users and by providing turn-by-turn directions to things going on in this community
•Let individuals see what's going on anywhere in the world.
◦HOOT will only show up to 30 things going on at a time
◦The more an individual zooms in, the more specific results will be found
◦Users can zoom into any community in the world, whether its a whole nation or a small village, and know exactly what's going on in that community
•Facilitate work within communities.
◦HOOT allows users to post jobs and tasks they need to have done so that anybody can see the job and contact the job-poster
◦Individuals looking for work can always open up HOOT, filter by specific jobs, and find work that needs to be done around them

What sets "HOOT" apart is its desire to bring people together in an extremely accessible way. Whether it's something fun to do in their college town, "Found Pet" postings in hopes of finding their recently lost pet, or job opportunities to help make ends meet, HOOT ensures that users always find what they are looking for.