About the Porch

How it works

• Anyone can browse. To post, sign in with your email and an admin confirms you live on the Ridge.
• Businesses and community events get a quick admin look before they show. Garage sale listings go up right away, and neighbors can report anything that looks wrong.
• Holiday maps (Halloween, Easter, holiday lights) open before each event. Add your house if you're joining in.
• Recommend the businesses you trust. Neighbor-owned businesses always list first, then the ones neighbors vouch for, most-recommended at the top.

Privacy, in plain words

What we keep

• Your email, to send sign-in links and codes. Only admins see it.
• Your name, shown on what you post.
• Your street, if you add it, so admins can confirm you're a neighbor. Only admins see it.
• What you post: listings, businesses, events, map pins and their photos. These are public, except garage sale contact details, which only signed-in, approved neighbors can see.

What we don't do

• No ads, no trackers, and we never sell or share your information.
• Photos are shrunk and their location data is removed on your phone before they're uploaded.
• Live "crew" sharing on holiday maps shows only an icon and your description, never your name, and disappears 2 minutes after you stop.
• Sign-in uses a one-time email link or code, and a single cookie keeps you signed in: for 90 days with "Keep me signed in", or until you close your browser without it. No passwords to leak.

Your choices

Edit or remove anything you've posted from My Porch. You can also delete your whole account there; it removes everything you've posted, photos included (businesses you recommended stay listed, without your name). Questions? Email hello@nerddriven.dev.

Who made this

The Porch was designed and built by Nerd Driven, a neighbor's small software studio.