Thursday, August 16, 2012

Marshfield Uses QR Codes to Share Community History


QR Codes provide a link to the past. (Marshfield News Herald, 8/15/2012)

Excerpt: There currently are more than 30 businesses on Central Avenue that have QR Codes posted in the window of their business, and Schnitzler said she plans to have another dozen done by the end of August. 

Schnitzler thought of the idea of using QR Codes to tell the history of Marshfield after seeing one during a visit to her credit union last year. 

After researching the process of using QR Codes, Schnitzler received the necessary funding for the project from the Marshfield Historic Preservation Committee. It costs about $15 a month for the QR Codes to be generated. 

“We considered it a worthwhile project,” said Ken Wood, chairman of the committee. “It will help educate people of the history of Central Avenue, and how it got to where it is today.”

One of the most extensive histories.  (Page 1 of 4)

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