It’s a big day for Neighborsville!  We’re entering limited beta today.  What does that mean?  It means we’re going to start inviting some neighbors from our first neighborhood to come on in and have a look around. Our goal with this limited beta is to work out some of the kinks and get feedback from real users to help us shape the Neighborsville product.

Our first neighborhood will be Willow Glen in San Jose, CA.  Willow Glen is a historic neighborhood just south of downtown San Jose first settled in the 1860s.   Tree lined streets and craftsman and cottage houses built in the early 1900s give the neighborhood small town character in an otherwise big city atmosphere.  Lincoln Avenue, Willow Glen’s main street, is lined with locally owned businesses and restaurants.  It’s the perfect place for us to test out Neighborsville.

Neighbors will be able to find their friends, create relationships with their neighbors, contribute to the community blog, and share local events with one another.  We’ll be adding more features in the coming weeks and rolling out to new neighborhoods soon.  If you’d like to be notified when Neighborsville is available for your neighborhood, stop by Neighborsville and give us your email address and zip code and we’ll drop you a note.

Ork Posters has a great line of posters depicting the neighborhoods in big American cities.  It’s a great way to visualize the neighborhoods.  My personal favorite?  The Screaming Yellow Brooklyn…