I've been working for the past few years building robust, locally owned digital community infrastructure for rural areas.
The pilot is being released this month in partnership with the newspaper of record and local radio stations that cover four rural counties in the New York Catskills.
It's a modular platform that wraps current workflows, rather than replace them. If the pilot shows promise, we'll move forward with offering it to other regions using the same type of partnership model.
News & Media: Articles, Newspaper Archive, Videos, Photo Albums, Breaking News, Weather, Aggregated RSS Feeds, Local Radio Stations
Community: Events Calendar, Local Forums, Polls, Local Connections, Private encrypted messages.
Print-to-Digital Ad Integration: Sales tools for small publisher ad sales teams. Ad project workflow including designers. QR Codes link to SEO-friendly, shareable digital companion ads
Marketplace: Local market with listings that contains one or more offers. Cart and checkout with payment processing.
Baked in discounts and rewards. Digital ads can link directly to marketplace offers.
AI Automation Tools: Wrap existing workflows rather than replace them. Operational efficiency gains.
Its easy to spin up customized apps for local communities and the stack also includes an API for integration into existing apps.
All of it is hosted on local hardware in the service area.
The pilot is being released this month in partnership with the newspaper of record and local radio stations that cover four rural counties in the New York Catskills.
It's a modular platform that wraps current workflows, rather than replace them. If the pilot shows promise, we'll move forward with offering it to other regions using the same type of partnership model.