Social Squares

Social Squares · Midwest nice lives here

Every town deserves its own square

One calm place for everything happening in your town: the library, the schools, the churches, the home games and the garage sales, kept by someone who lives there. No algorithm, no rumor mill. Open now across Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin, the first Midwest states.

Open now in 196 Nebraska towns, 227 Iowa towns, 322 Minnesota towns, 318 Wisconsin towns, 34 Omaha neighborhoods, 6 Lincoln neighborhoods, 16 St. Paul neighborhoods, 25 Minneapolis neighborhoods, 18 Milwaukee neighborhoods and 13 Madison neighborhoods

Open now

Step into your town’s Square

Each one is its own town: its photos, its story, its school colors, and this week’s calendar.

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How it works

The whole town, in one calm place

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    Calendars come in

    Every morning the Square reads the calendars the town already keeps: the library, the schools, the churches, the college, the chamber.

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    A neighbor keeps it

    A keeper who lives in town reads what neighbors send in, adds what they find, and keeps the calendar honest.

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    You just look

    Open the Square, add it to your phone, subscribe in your calendar, or get the Thursday email. That’s it.

What makes a Square

A town square with manners

Run by a local keeper

Every Square has a keeper who lives in town, reads every post and keeps the calendar honest.

Every post is read first

Nothing a neighbor sends goes up unreviewed, and calendars come straight from the libraries, schools and churches that run them. It’s the difference between a town square and a comment section.

Official notices only

Safety news comes from the people who issue it: police, fire, weather, schools and utilities.

One calm email a week

Digest first, not feed first. The week in your town lands on Thursday morning, and that’s it.

Free storefronts

Local businesses get a free page forever. They keep the lights on with a quiet sponsor line, never feed ads.

Unmistakably your town

Your church suppers, your home games, your garage sales. Not a national app with your town’s name on it.

Your town next?

Bring a Square to your town

Every Square is run by someone local. If you’d love one for your town, or you’d like to be its keeper, tell us. We read every request.