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A review needs a check-in at the place, so fake and drive-by reviews are hard to post.
Your community, live
See what is happening in your community. Take part in it.
Free for residents and visitors. Businesses, organizations, and towns use it to engage people and see the results.
Québec City, Québec · andrzej · Sep 3, 2017
Toronto, Ontario · syedzia123 · Feb 5, 2017
Already here
Your community is already here
Businesses, events, and town updates are here before anyone signs up. Own a business? It is probably listed already. Claim it for free.
- Places you recognizeStreets, buildings, businesses, and amenities, already listed for your community.
- What is on and what is changingEvents, road work, weather, and waste days, from the sources your town already publishes.
- The day on the clockSee what is on now, what happened earlier, and what is coming next, in one place.
Livefor residents and visitors
What is on today, and what is next
Open it from home, from the street, or from another town. Scroll the day and watch the place change.
Events
When an event begins, it shows up. When it is over, it comes off, right on its real start and end time.
On when it starts · off when it ends
Businesses
Store hours decide what you see. Open shops stay in colour. Closed shops go grey, so you know before you go.
Hours on the listing · colour when open
The place over time
A live community timeline. Look back at what happened through the year, in the same place.
One place · a year you can move through
Participation
Signal your neighbours
Like Waze, for your community. Mark what is happening so people nearby see it. Looking around is free. Sign in to post.
- Look aroundOpen
- Post a SignalSign in
Ping the street
Mark a closure, a hazard, or what you see. Neighbours see it right away.
For today, not forever
A Signal lives about 24 hours, then leaves. It is a note about now, not a new listing.
Recognition for helping
Helpful neighbours level up their profile. It is recognition, not points to spend.
For organizations
Turn a place into something people do
A business, group, or town picks a place already listed and adds a QR code, a check-in, or a stamp card. Add a deal or a reward. People show up in person. You see who came.
Pick a place already listed
Start from a listing people already know. Nothing to draw.
Choose how people take part
A QR code to scan, a GPS check-in, or a digital stamp card. Add a deal or a reward.
Publish. People show up.
It goes live for the whole community. Every scan, visit, and stamp is a check-in at that place.
See what happened
People and check-ins for the campaign in your report, with a CSV export.
Credit stays with you
Every group keeps its own work
Your website and your information stay yours. Local Commons shows them beside everything else people check, with your name on them.
One group keeps its listings
A municipality manages its road work. Those updates stay theirs, shown in the shared place.
City data · city listings
Another group keeps theirs
A chamber manages its directory on the same street. Different owner. Same street.
Chamber data · chamber listings
Shown together. Still owned apart.
Each group stays credited for its own information. One place, not one master list.
Two datasets · one place
- Municipality
- Organization
- Service club
- Creator
- Influencer
- Neighbours
This is how your group would show up on the same place.
Bring your organizationAny city. Any community.
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