Display Local continually looks for public events, announcements, news, and other useful updates from around your community. We gather information from sources such as chamber calendars, city websites, libraries, schools, community organizations, and other publicly available local sources. We identify the information most useful to residents and turn it into polished, easy-to-read content designed specifically for digital displays. The result is a screen that stays useful and local without someone having to constantly create new slides.

No. That's one of the main ideas behind Display Local. We keep the community portion of the screen updated automatically, so businesses and organizations don't have another screen they need to constantly manage. Chambers, cities, libraries, and other community partners can also add their own events, announcements, and content whenever they'd like more control over what's being shown.

There are two simple options. If you already have a TV in a good location, our small plug-and-play Display Local media player can turn it into a Display Local screen. We also offer a complete 22-inch Display Local monitor that's especially useful on checkout counters, reception desks, waiting areas, and other places where a traditional TV may not make sense. Both options connect to the internet and are designed to require very little day-to-day attention.

Yes. A Display Local screen isn't limited to community information. Businesses and organizations hosting a screen are given access to simple digital signage tools for their own location. You can add promotions, services, announcements, photos, reviews, or other content you'd like customers to see. Your screen then rotates between your own content and useful community content from around town.

Our goal is to build useful community screen networks, not to charge every participating location a monthly fee. In many communities, qualified businesses and organizations can host Display Local with no monthly cost. If you already have a compatible TV, we may provide the Display Local media player needed to join the network. We also have complete 22-inch display options for locations that need a screen. Because every community and location is a little different, hardware arrangements can vary. Display Local networks are primarily supported by local and regional sponsorships, which help us keep community content and screen hosting accessible to participating locations.

Local and regional businesses can sponsor Display Local community networks. Sponsorships allow businesses to reach residents across participating screens around town while helping support the technology, equipment, and ongoing community content that keeps the network useful. This allows many screen locations and community organizations to participate without taking on another monthly service expense.

Absolutely. Local businesses are an important part of the network because they're places residents already visit every day. Pharmacies, restaurants, coffee shops, fitness centers, retail stores, waiting areas, and many other businesses can make great Display Local locations. You don't need to wait for your chamber or city to start the process. If Display Local isn't in your community yet, one great location can be the beginning of a new local network.

There are several ways to participate. You can host a screen, contribute events and announcements, help us identify good screen locations, or simply use Display Local as another way to distribute information around your community. You don't need to take responsibility for managing the entire network. Display Local handles the technology and ongoing community content while local partners can be as involved as they'd like.

Display Local manages the community content and focuses on useful, locally relevant information. Screen hosts also control the content they add for their own location and have tools to manage what is appropriate for their screen. Community partners such as chambers and cities can contribute information directly as well. The goal is to keep each screen useful to both the location hosting it and the community around it.

Yes. Businesses can sponsor the community network rather than appearing only on the screen at their own location. Sponsorship provides exposure across participating Display Local screens throughout the community, helping local businesses reach people while also supporting the network itself.

That's completely fine. Every Display Local community has to start somewhere. Sometimes it begins with a chamber or city interested in improving local communication, and sometimes it begins with a single business that wants to host a screen. Contact us and we'll learn a little about your community, look at potential locations, and determine whether it makes sense to begin building a Display Local network there.