Know what's happening
in your in real-time.
A collaborative map for people who want to discover, contribute, engage, and learn from their community.
Community: Québec City, Québec
Contributor: andrzej
How a community comes alive
See what's happening. Share what you know. Take part. See what the community learns.
Discover
What's happening in your community?
One place to explore local businesses, services, events, and community information. A living picture of what is around you, not five websites.
- One map for local life.Businesses, services, events, and the information a community already publishes.
- Neighbouring communities stay connected.What is happening next door is part of the same picture, not a separate website.
- A living picture around you.See what is on now, what happened earlier, and what is coming next.
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Collection today
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Play or scrub the day
Contribute
Share what you know.
Residents, businesses, organizations, and municipalities add everyday local knowledge to the same map.
- Add what is missing.A place, an event, a photo, or a signal when something is happening.
- Everyone has a way in.Locals, shop owners, community groups, and the town contribute in the same place.
- What you add stays in the story.It becomes part of that day, so the community can look back.
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Engage
Take part, and it counts.
Campaigns, promotions and community activities you join in the real world. A scan, a check-in, or a stamp. Show up, and it counts.
- Attract visitors and bring people together.Businesses and organizers run campaigns, promotions and activities that bring people through the door.
- Show up and participate.Scan a QR code, check in or take part in a local initiative.
- Get rewarded for taking part.Earn recognition, collect digital stamps and unlock rewards.
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Learn
What the community is learning.
Places, events, signals and campaigns tell a shared story. The community learns from collective participation, not from watching anyone's private life.
- See what brought people together.Which initiatives attracted participation, and where it happened.
- See your part in the picture.Residents and organizations can see that showing up made a difference.
- A record the community can use.Participation becomes a history of the place, including where it is quiet.
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Your community is already happening. Make it visible.
Join Local Commons and help build a better picture of the places, people, businesses and activities that make your community what it is.