Yinzer Town Square Roadmap

The plan

Done

Every Butler County town searched on the state registry
2026 trick-or-treat hours gathered town by town
The Y.T.S. badge, black and Pittsburgh gold

Halloween Check, built

Done

70 towns across Butler, Allegheny, Mercer and Armstrong counties
Registered home addresses by town, no names, no photos
2026 trick-or-treat hours for 64 towns, re-checked Oct 27
A map that only drops a dot where the address is confirmed
Installs on your phone and works with no signal, in spooky Halloween looks

What you can doLook up your town’s hours and addresses before you head out.

Main launch

Live now

Our new home: yinzertownsquare.app · sharing it around town this week

Testing and polishing

Now

Real-phone testing on iPhone and Android
Full checkups of the code, the data and every word on the site
Fixes land the same day they’re found
Earlier this week: Find your town with “Use my location”, tap any label to see what it means, and printable hours sheets and town pages
Just landed: an Update button for the newest hours, “Pick your look” right on the home page, a Local news filter on the Hours page, and a slimmer, faster layout on phones

Halloween week

Sat Oct 31

Kittanning goes Wednesday, Oct 28 · most towns Saturday, Oct 31 · Eau Claire Sunday, Nov 1

Your town’s countdown on the night: starts in, happening now, done for tonight, on every town’s page too
A last check of every town’s hours and rain dates on Friday
A fresh registry check before the big night
Eyes on the site all evening

What you’ll be able to doOpen the app on the porch and see exactly when your town starts and stops.

The Pittsburgh region

10 counties: Butler, Allegheny, Westmoreland, Washington, Beaver, Lawrence, Mercer, Armstrong, Venango and Clarion
About 550 towns, with the city of Pittsburgh listed by zip code
Each county shows the day it was last checked against the state registry
Hours for every town, including the ones that only say “after the parade”
Each county loads on its own, so the app stays quick on phones

What you’ll be able to doLook up Grandma’s town in Washington County as easily as your own.

Behind the counter

An owner’s app: change hours, fix addresses, post a banner, all with undo
Rain-date mode that moves a town’s night in one tap
Usage meters with alarms, and one-tap backups
A safety check that runs before every update

What you’ll noticeHours and changes show up faster.

Easier at a glance

An hours timeline: every town as a bar, with a “now” line on the night
Numbered map dots that match the address cards, tap one to jump to the other
A map that fills your phone screen, with a simple legend
Share your town as a picture card, with real link previews on Facebook
Works fully offline, maps and all

What you’ll noticeLess reading, more seeing: the answer is on the first screen.

Town cards

Winter

One card for every town: closings, events, phone numbers, what’s on this week
Flip a card for the details, share it as a picture
Star your towns and swipe through your stack
Plan a route and send it straight to Google or Apple Maps
An information links page, plus new looks for Christmas, Steelers season and the Fourth

What you’ll be able to doKeep Grandma’s town, the kids’ school district and your own in one stack.

The square

2027

The whole area’s message board, positive and local.

Community board

You submit, the owner approves. Local news, events, closings.

Local businesses

Sponsor plaques on town cards and a directory by town.

Helping neighbors

Local fundraisers, checked before they post.

Lost pets

Lost and found, by town.

Alerts

Closings and news only for the towns in your stack.

Your stack, everywhere

One sign-in, same towns on phone and computer.

Halloween 2027 haunt map

Haunted houses, hayrides and neighbors’ yard haunts, with a scare meter, a haunt passport and best-yard-haunt voting. In December it turns into the Christmas lights map.

Where we’re headed