For local businesses
Show up in your town’s live layer.
Be part of the directory. Post your happenings. Reach people who choose to hear from you — opt-in on both sides, no algorithm to buy your way into.
Two steps, not a sales process
What actually happens when you show up.
Claim or confirm your listing
Your name, hours, category, and location in the town’s directory. This is the free, baseline listing — it just makes you findable.
Submit one event contribution
Tell us what’s happening and when — a special, a live show, a class. An organizer (Town Circle, or your town’s program) reviews it before it publishes.
A listing isn’t the same as a confirmed participant. Any business can have a baseline directory entry. A “confirmed” business is one that has actually submitted and had a happening approved — that’s the difference between being findable and being part of what a town’s pilot is actively promoting.
Built for local
Every kind of Main Street business.
Not every business needs another marketing platform. Every business benefits from being where its town looks for what’s actually happening.
Coffee Shops & Cafés
Let regulars know what's brewing.
New roast, live music, a Tuesday special — post it and it's live.
Breweries & Taprooms
Fill tonight's tap list.
New releases, trivia night, live music — the happenings feed does the telling.
Restaurants
Share specials, keep tables full.
Daily specials and off-night deals show up to people who already follow you.
Fitness & Wellness
Keep your community in the loop.
Class schedules, new instructors, open enrollment — post once, it's in the layer.
Golf, Pickleball & Sports Clubs
Promote events, clinics, leagues.
Tee time openings, league nights, guest days — visible to the town that cares.
Boutiques & Local Retail
Let your best customers know what's new.
New arrivals, restocks, trunk shows — faster than fighting a social algorithm.
Why it works
Why businesses use Town Circle
Reach people who opted in
Everyone who follows you chose to. No purchased lists, no cold outreach.
No algorithm to fight
Your happenings show up because they're real, not because you paid to boost a post.
One listing, one place
Your directory listing and happenings feed live in the same layer, built to be the one place residents check.
Part of something bigger
When your town runs a Town Circle pilot, showing up means showing up alongside the rest of Main Street, not alone.
Frequently asked
Questions from local business owners.
- Is it free to get listed?
- Yes — a directory listing and happenings posting are free for local businesses.
- Is this a marketing platform?
- No. Town Circle is a live local layer residents check on their own. You show up in it; you don't buy reach in it.
- Do my customers need an app?
- No. Town Circle works in the browser.
- How is this different from social media?
- There's no algorithm deciding who sees your happenings. People who follow you see what you post.
- How long does it take to get listed?
- Claiming a baseline listing is quick. Getting a happening approved and published depends on your town's organizer reviewing it — there's no fixed queue time.
- What's the difference between a listing and a confirmed participant?
- A listing is just your directory entry — free, baseline, findable. A confirmed participant has submitted and had at least one happening approved, so they show up in what's actively being promoted, not just the directory.
Ready to show up in your town’s layer?
Claim your listing, then submit your first happening whenever you’re ready.