THE LOCAL INTERNET™THE LOCAL CORE™
The Local Start — A Local Internet Site for Getting Started, Staying Informed and Finding What's Local

The Local Portal

One doorway to every local site.

TheLocalPortal.com is the doorway into the sites of The Local Internet — community, business, news and place sites — opening the same shared local records as The Local Start.

I live here

Discover what's around you.

  • Businesses
  • Services
  • Places
  • Events
  • Offers
  • Reviews
  • Local information
  • What's happening
Explore Local

I'm visiting

Experience this place.

  • Eat & Drink
  • Things to Do
  • Events
  • Shopping
  • Places
  • Offers
  • Local information
Explore a Place

I own a business or organization

Manage your local presence.

  • Find
  • Claim
  • Verify
  • Manage
  • Publish
  • Promote
Find My Business

Welcome to The Local Start

A 1 minute 14 second introduction. Captions and a full transcript are available.

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Welcome to The Local Internet — a growing network built around the places we live, work and visit. And every journey needs a place to begin.

Start with a place. Search for what you need, then choose where. Communities like Duluth, Hermantown, Two Harbors and Grand Marais are open to explore today, with more places joining as their local experiences are ready.

Live here? Discover businesses, events and local information. Visiting? Find things to do, places to eat and what's happening. Own a business or organization? Find your business, claim it, or create its free Business Record.

Looking for something specific? Go straight to deals, reviews, local news or what's new right now — each part of the network built for that purpose. Some experiences are still in preview, and we label them clearly.

One network. Many places. One place to start. Your journey starts here — at TheLocalStart.com.

Explore a Place

Each place below is assembled from the same authoritative local records — businesses, organizations, events, announcements and offers connected to that place.

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Other places exist in the network but their local experience is not open yet.

105 Marketplaces

Local Internet Holdings owns and operates 105 active marketplaces. Two are currently served by The Local Core, while the remaining 103 continue operating as independent marketplaces.

One network. Many places. One place to start.