Small towns deserve big visibility.
Cultivate Local helps rural communities tell their stories, share events, and connect visitors to the special places.
Get in TouchAbout the Project
Across the country, small towns are doing incredible work to stay visible — juggling static websites, scattered social posts, and word-of-mouth promotion.
Cultivate Local brings those efforts together in one simple, living platform built for real places.
- • Share local events with built-in SEO
- • Highlight small businesses through storytelling
- • Post community news and civic updates
- • Strengthen visibility and connection online
Why It Matters
Because local stories get buried online.
The internet favors what’s loud and big. We’re here for what’s local and real.
Because events shouldn’t vanish into social feeds.
We make it easy for towns to stay discoverable — for visitors and neighbors alike.
Because connection fuels local economies.
Visibility creates foot traffic, collaboration, and pride. Storytelling becomes growth.
What We’re Building
Map
A living directory seeded from Google Business Listings, enriched with local detail and personality.
Calendar
A shared town calendar with community submissions, SEO-friendly listings, and future automation.
Bulletin Board
A space for civic updates, local news, and small-town happenings — simple to post, easy to find.
Built for local, by local
From the North Fork Valley
Cultivate Local is being built right here in western Colorado’s North Fork Valley — home to artists, farmers, and dreamers who care deeply about place.
I’m Kit Masaracchia, a developer who’s spent over a decade building digital tools for brands like Spotify, Tillamook, and the Academy of Motion Pictures. But my heart is here — helping small towns like ours stay visible and connected in a digital world that often forgets them.
Get Involved
We’re looking for pilot partners, civic collaborators, and small-town champions.
Reach out at hi@cultivate-local.community.