IanD — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 15:02:09 +0000

Sounds like the site itself would be fairly standard (scripting language and database to manage the content), but getting all that content would be a huge task. You could get some type of CMS (MovableType, pMachine, Drupal, etc) to help, but I imagine you'd need to customize it a bit. I'm sure there are lots of local sites that have the content you'd need (for instance, in my area: activedayton.com), so maybe you could find a lot of sites like that and partner w/ them to share their content (via RSS maybe).

webmetrics — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 20:01:28 +0000

I think targeting local markets is an excellent idea and Google Adsense makes sense to me for added revenues.

Megan — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 13:19:02 +0000

That sounds like a really neat idea. It could also work as a springboard for local artists - a way for them to find buyers and/or an audience for their work.

I don't know of any particular software for this sort of thing - you could look around for similar sites and see what they're using.