Community Board
Bobo
A place for local businesses in everyday local life. The host venue gets a free printed board, with six local businesses underneath and one exclusive category each.
Explore the BoardA Palmerston local, with a local idea
Hi, I’m Sy.
Glad you’re here.
Dad of two with 12+ years of IT support in the Department of Education. Founder of Top End Local.
I like helping people, making things and figuring out a useful way forward. Top End Local brings those things together, close to home.
Meet the four characters
The person behind the project
It starts with
being useful.
I like being useful. Listening first, understanding what’s getting in the way, and finding a practical next step.
It started with a Community Card.
One card felt like a useful place to start. Several local businesses, one quality mailer, delivered to local letterboxes. Something simple that connects what a business offers with what a neighbour might need.
Pilot 1 was designed, printed locally and handed to Australia Post for delivery to selected Palmerston letterboxes from 5 to 9 October. I’m incredibly grateful to the twelve businesses that backed the first card. The next Community Card round is coming later. Register your interest and you’ll hear first. Enquiries are still open.
See the Community Card storyA place people already look.
A card is a good start, but I wanted host venues and businesses to have a spot people see every day. That’s the Community Board. The host venue gets a free printed board. Six local businesses share it, with one exclusive category each.
Meet the Community BoardA little local, every Friday.
I also wanted a simple way to keep locals in the loop every Friday. That’s Top End Local Weekly, a free email with what’s on.
Have a look at The WeeklyA practical hand, from day one.
Local Solutions is about adding real value to your business. I'm a local IT guy with years of hands-on experience supporting staff and users and looking after systems and infrastructure. Now I'm putting that to work for local businesses.
That means TEL Bots that answer your customers' everyday questions, clear websites (have a look at our three example designs), help with your Google listing and practical tech support when something isn't working.
I do the heavy lifting from day one, so you don't have to touch a thing. You get time back for what you're good at. Free to ask, no pressure.
See Local SolutionsMade with a local heart
A few parts of me.
One place I call home.
The characters, with a purpose
A little personality.
A lot of local heart.
Meet Bobo, Pip, Maisie and Tilly. Each one looks after a different part of Top End Local.
Community Card
Pip
A good local connection can start with something as simple as opening your letterbox. Pip brings local businesses together on one useful printed card.
Meet the Card
Top End Local Weekly
Maisie
A free local email every Friday with what’s on, local stories, news from our Facebook group and the website, and good businesses near you.
Read the Weekly
Local Solutions
Tilly
Tilly looks after Local Solutions: TEL Bots that answer your customers' questions, websites that are easy to use, and help with your Google listing and everyday tech.
See Local SolutionsNo polished pitch needed
Tell me about
your corner of local.
Maybe you’d like your business on a future Card. Maybe you have a question, or an everyday problem you’d like a hand with.
You don’t need to have it all worked out to say hello.
Prefer a quick chat?
Message Sy through the Top End Local Facebook Page or email him directly. He’ll reply himself.