How well do you know your neighbourhood?  If news happens around you, how do you find out about it?

The short answer is… most of the time, you don’t. 

Well, maybe if it effects people outside your community or it’s really sensational.  But what about the kind of news that effects you and your neighbours, and that’s all.  News that probably won’t matter to most people who don’t live near you?

That’s a large and important gap the needs filling and you can fill it.

Take for example, the article: “Oak Tree at Windsor Park Sheds some Weight“.  An article reported the other day in the suburb of Parkvale in Hastings about an Oak tree that had lost a large limb.  (If you’re looking at articles for Hastings on Locally Informed, you won’t see it in your news list.  You need to have the suburb of Parkvale selected before it will turn up.)

To anyone not living or who wouldn’t often visit Parkvale, this news would be unimportant.  However, over the school holidays, nearly every day, rain or shine, cricket matches were being held at Windsor Park.  Those in attendance were either avoiding the wind and rain or the sunshine by sheltering under the 100+ year old Oak trees.

Now, anyone who’s thinking of sitting under those trees next time, just might be interested in this news.

It took only a minute to snap a photo with a camera phone and write up a short message on Locally Informed.  Parkvale is now better locally informed.

Now how about in your neighbourhood?  The next time you see something happen that you think your neighbours might be interested in finding out about it, post it!