How I built an independent community platform for Woodruff, SC.
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On a phone
Local attractions
Events calendar
The front door
Local businesses
Events calendarOn a phone
I wanted one place a small town could trust. News is credited and linked back to The Woodruff Times, every listing shows its source, and each business gets its own page with hours, a map and structured data.
On a phoneLocal businesses
Residents can suggest a missing business, but a person reviews every suggestion and no one can pay for placement. Thirteen history chapters are told from the public record, using only images the project has the right to show.
The front doorLocal attractions
I tuned it for speed and built it multi-tenant underneath, so the next town is configuration, not a rebuild.
Local businessesEvents calendar
What it runs on
NodeSchema.orgSelf-Host
Local attractionsThe front door
Every screen here is a real capture, taken November 4, 2026.
