Platform
A better way for communities to understand themselves.
Places, people, organizations and what's happening locally come together in one living place. Discover your community, contribute and take part.
Why it is needed
Your community is connected by place. Its information shouldn't be disconnected.
Community information lives across websites, social media, directories, event calendars and municipal services. Local Commons brings these different sources and perspectives together in one shared, living place.
Scattered resources
- Websites
- Social feeds
- Directories
- Event calendars
- Service clubs
- Community organizations
- Roads and construction
- Road conditions
- Weather
- Waste schedule
- Civic calendar
- School status
Into one shared place
What's working?
What to improve?
Many sources, one map.
Community reports
What people report now.
- Neighbour reports
- What's happening now
- Feedback
- Local updates
Community information
Town services in one view.
- Roads and construction
- Road conditions
- Weather
- Waste schedules
- Civic notices
- School information
Events and activities
What is on, in one place.
- Event calendars
- Agendas
- Vendors
- Sponsors
- Activities
Businesses and organizations
The people and places of the town.
- Business listings
- Promotions and offers
- Products and services
- Service clubs
- Community organizations
What becomes possible
Community Engagement & Intelligence
Learn from participation and use that knowledge to improve the place.
- Campaigns & initiatives
- Community participation
- Check-ins & loyalty
- Contributions & feedback
- Participation analytics
- Community insights
Back into the place
What's working?What to improve?
Who it is for
Participants experience the community. Collaborators help build it. Operators help coordinate and understand it.
Participants
Residents and visitors
Discover what's happening, explore local places, contribute knowledge and take part in community activities.
Collaborators
Businesses, event hosts and organizations
Share information, maintain listings, publish events and contribute to the community.
Operators
Municipalities, economic development and BIAs
Bring community information together, activate places and understand participation across their communities.
Available now
What you can do with Local Commons
One shared place to discover, contribute, participate and understand what's happening.
Discover your community
Explore local businesses, events, waste days, weather, road work, and the community timeline for today.
Add what you know
Suggest places, share photos, report what's happening and contribute local knowledge.
Show up and take part
Check in at a place or scan a campaign. Showing up counts, and a review comes from someone who was there.
Bring people together
Publish community initiatives, invite participation and run campaigns at real places.
Put your business on the map
Claim your listing, keep hours current, and share products, photos and a deal.
Publish an event
Agenda, vendors and sponsors in one place, shown on the same map as the town.
Understand participation
See activity across places, people and campaigns, with summary reporting and data export.
Where we are going
Useful today. Stronger as people use it.
Local Commons is useful today. It becomes more valuable as communities participate and build on it.
Community timeline
TodayThe town, the listings, and the day.
NextA longer picture of how the place changes.
Shared stewardship
TodayGranted steward roles, plus recognition for people who contribute.
NextMore of the community keeps the place current.
Community intelligence
TodayAnalytics overview for Places, People, and Campaigns.
NextOrganizations use participation to decide. Daily briefings are not shipping yet.
Marketplace
TodayReviewed listing tools and partner layers, added by a community.
NextCommunity organizations can build onto the platform, so other towns can add what they make.
See a community, then decide how to take part.
Open a community. Explore. If you are responsible for a place, talk with us about what that community can become.