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Yinzer Town Square · Roadmap · Oct 2026

Where we’re headed

A town square for Butler County and the neighbors around it. Halloween came first. Here’s everything after.

70
towns covered in 4 counties
370
registrants on the list, addresses only
60
towns with 2026 trick-or-treat hours
Live now
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Done or liveHappening nowComing up
October 2026

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 60 towns
  • 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

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
  • Just landed: Find your town with “Use my location”, tap any label to see what it means, and printable hours sheets and town pages

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
  • 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.
November

Behind the counter

Next
  • 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
  • More towns: the 30 bordering towns, then everything within 25 miles
What you’ll noticeHours and changes show up faster, and your neighboring towns join the list.

Easier at a glance

Next
  • 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.
Winter

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.
2027

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.

House rules: positive, local, useful.

namesphotoscommentspolitics you submit, the owner approvesfree to use