Events
Every event in one feed
From hockey games to bingo nights — a single, scrollable home for everything happening in town.
- Filter by date & category
- Tap-to-favourite
- Push reminders
A digital third place
The community network your town already has — just not online yet.
Loadstone gives BIAs, Chambers, and municipalities a custom-branded mobile app, an event calendar, and a business directory — all on infrastructure you own. No algorithms. No data harvesting.
iOS & AndroidPrivacy-firstMade in OntarioGrant-eligible
Built for →BIAsChambers of CommerceMunicipal EDOsTourism DMOsRegional Networks
Who it's for
For the people who keep Main Street running.
You're already the hub. Loadstone is the infrastructure that finally connects the spokes.
- BIA
Business Improvement Areas
A direct-to-resident channel that bypasses social algorithms and reaches every member business.
- Chamber
Chambers of Commerce
Demonstrate modern value to your board with a member-facing app — not another newsletter.
- Municipality
Municipal Economic Development
Digitize Main Street, support 'shop local', and collect aggregate (not invasive) data on community health.
- DMO
Tourism & DMOs
A unified, mobile-first home for events, vendors, and visitor info — replacing fragmented PDFs and Facebook pages.
The offer
Everything you need to launch a real community network.
One turnkey package. No hidden modules. No "enterprise tier" surprise.
- 01
Custom-branded mobile app
Your name, your colors, your community — published to iOS and Android.
- 02
Full content management support
We handle the heavy lifting so your team can focus on the community, not the CMS.
- 03
Sponsorship & partnership tools
Built-in placements that turn community goodwill into real revenue for your organization.
- 04
Event calendar & listings
A single source of truth for what's happening — synced across the network.
- 05
Location & vendor visibility
Map-based discovery that drives foot traffic to member businesses.
- 06
Ongoing updates & improvements
A platform that grows with you — without surprise invoices or rebuilds.
Inside the app
One app, three things your community actually uses.
Real screens from the live Loadstone app. Every deployment ships branded for your town — same considered, accessible toolkit underneath.
Organizations
Your local directory, alive
Every member business, club and venue — with photos, ratings, and a path right to their door.
- Photos & ratings
- Filter by category
- Real-time location
Calendar
Your community, by date
A clear monthly view showing which days have events — plus a featured event card right beneath.
- Month & day views
- Event indicators
- Sponsor placements
App gallery
Swipe through a real community app.
Screens from the Downtown Timmins app, built on Loadstone. Same templates, your branding.
Events
A single feed for everything happening downtown
Markets, festivals, conventions — every event your community runs, organized and discoverable.
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How it works
From first call to App Store in weeks, not quarters.
- Step 01
Discovery call
We map your community: members, geography, events, and the platforms you're already stitching together.
- Step 02
Brand & build
We design and publish your app — colors, logo, content scaffolding — to the App Store and Play Store.
- Step 03
Launch & grow
Your team posts events and updates; we handle ongoing support, improvements, and platform health.
Why now
The era of Big Tech social is fracturing. Local is what's left.
Communities are looking for a digital third place — somewhere that isn't home, isn't work, and isn't a data-mining platform. Loadstone provides the infrastructure to build it, with zero analytics and first-party data by default.
- No tracking cookies. No third-party analytics.
- Data is owned by your organization, not us.
- Designed to comply with municipal privacy & accessibility standards.
"Is this easy to manage? We don't have a full-time IT person."
Our answer: You don't need one. We run the platform. You run the community.
Get connected
Let's build the network your community deserves.
Book a 20-minute demo. We'll show you a live network in action and outline what a launch in your region would look like.