About

We are community-driven. We go where locals go, know who they know, and care about what they care about.

The Local is designed from the ground up to be for locals, by locals. You’ll find familiar faces from cover to cover—your friend, your favorite waitress, that guy you’ve seen around but haven’t actually met. Every topic, every image, every paragraph has been created and curated to tell the unique stories of the people who live, work, grow businesses, and raise families here.

Through The Local, we believe we can bring our community’s circles a little closer together.

Advisory Board

A local product should be directed by local leaders.

The purpose of the Advisory Board is to guide our efforts to make The Local as reflective of our area as possible. Its members are people who have roots, connections, expertise, and interest in our community and have volunteered their considerable time and talent to improving the quality of this magazine.

Through The Local, we believe we can bring our community’s circles a little closer together.

Austin Arthur
Co-CEO Stars and Stripes Marketing Services
Shelley Dawson
Realtor RE/MAX Prime Properties
Tara Zele
Director of Operations
Bryan Fifer State
Farm Insurance
Kirsten Harrington
Kirsten Harrington Freelance Writer
Becca Lanterman Bradford
Becca Lanterman Bradford
Owner, Winter Garden
Senior Home Care
Mark Schmidt
Mark Schmidt
New Business Development, Boyer Building Corp.
Pam Thomas
Pam Thomas
Owner & Founder,
Pammie’s Sammies