Private forums for neighborhoods

Your community deserves better than a Facebook group.

TownThread gives your neighborhood its own private, organized forum — with your name, your rules, and zero algorithm. Live in 24 hours. We handle everything technical.

Claim your neighborhood's subdomain — free for 14 days
.townthread.org
Your forum: maplewoodheights.townthread.org
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Maplewood Heights HOA
342 members · Private · Residents only
All
📢 Announcements
🔒 Safety
🗓 Events
⭐ Recs
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Community clean-up — this Saturday 9am!
24
🐕
Lost golden retriever near Oak & 3rd Ave
8
Best local plumber recs? Need ASAP
15
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Block party planning — save July 19th!
31
Live in 24 hours
We handle the whole setup
The real problem

Facebook groups and email lists weren't built for this.

They work fine for sharing memes. They fall apart for running a neighborhood.

😤 Facebook & email lists
👁Public by default — anyone can see posts, ex-residents stay in the group
📣Algorithm decides who sees announcements — important posts get buried
🗑Email threads become 40-reply chaos that nobody reads
🔍Can't search past decisions — every year someone asks the same question
😤One loud resident can derail every conversation
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✨ TownThread
🔒Invite-only or approval-gated — only actual residents get in
📌Structured categories — announcements always stay front and center
📋Threaded topics that are easy to follow and search forever
🔎Full search history — find any decision, policy, or post instantly
🛡Community norms and moderation tools built in from day one
Setup process

From signup to live forum in three steps.

You tell us about your neighborhood. We handle every technical detail. No IT person needed.

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01
Tell us about your community

Fill out a short form — community name, subdomain, plan, and which categories you need. No technical decisions required.

⏱ 5 minutes
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02
We build everything overnight

We provision a private server, configure categories, set up branding, and send your admin login — all within 24 hours.

⏱ Done by morning
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03
Invite neighbors & go live

We give you a ready-to-forward invitation email. A quick 30-min onboarding call with us and your community is running.

⏱ Launch day
Will residents actually use it?

Communities that switch see strong adoption — fast.

The biggest worry we hear from boards: "We'll set this up and no one will join." In practice, the opposite happens. When residents get an organized, private space that's actually theirs, they show up.

68%
Average member activation in first 30 days
24h
Average time from signup to live forum
4.8★
Average admin satisfaction rating
"We replaced a chaotic Facebook group and a flooded email listserv. Board meetings are now organized because residents actually read announcements ahead of time."
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Sandra K.
HOA President, Maplewood Heights
"Setup was painless. I expected a weekend project. Instead I had a working forum by the next morning. The onboarding call made all the difference."
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Marcus T.
Community Manager, Riverwalk District
"We've tried Nextdoor, Facebook, and a Google Group. TownThread is the only one where conversations stay civil and actually useful."
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Priya M.
Neighborhood Chair, Sunnyside Co-op
Need board approval?

We made it easy to make the case.

Most decisions like this need a vote, a treasurer's sign-off, or a board meeting. Here's everything you need to bring this to your board — ready to copy and paste.

  • One-paragraph summary for your board email
  • Cost-per-household breakdown (easier to approve than flat monthly)
  • 14-day free trial means zero financial risk to propose
  • Cancel anytime — no long-term contract required
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Ready-to-send board email
Copy this and paste into your next board email
"I'd like to propose we try TownThread for our neighborhood communications. It's a private, organized forum — replacing our Facebook group and email list — that gives residents one place to find announcements, discuss events, and connect. Setup is done for us within 24 hours, no technical work on our end. The 14-day free trial means no financial commitment to start."
  • Private — only verified residents can join
  • Fully managed — no maintenance on our end
  • 14-day free trial, cancel anytime after
  • Less than $1 per household per month
Built for neighborhoods

Everything a community needs. Nothing it doesn't.

Purpose-built for HOAs and neighborhood associations — not repurposed from a generic chat tool.

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Private & resident-verified

Invite-only or approval-gated. No outsiders, no bots, no anonymous trolls — just actual neighbors.

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Your own branded subdomain

Every community gets yourhood.townthread.org — not a tab in someone else's platform.

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Fully managed by TownThread

Updates, backups, security — all handled. No board member needs to know what a server is.

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Monthly engagement reports

Know who's engaged, which topics resonate, and how your community grows — delivered monthly.

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Mobile app + email digests

Residents can follow from their phone or get a weekly digest — however they prefer to stay connected.

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Structured categories

Announcements, Safety, Events, Recommendations, Lost & Found — conversations go where they belong.

Pricing

Less than a dollar per household.

One-time $149 setup fee, then a flat monthly rate. No per-member fees, no ads, no contracts.

Save 15%
Starter
$79/mo
≈ $0.53 per household (150 homes)
Up to 150 members
  • Custom subdomain
  • 6 forum categories
  • Basic branding
  • Daily backups
  • Email support
  • Mobile app access
  • Analytics reports
  • Member verification tools
Get started free
Association
$299/mo
Unlimited members
Large communities & multi-site
  • Everything in Community
  • White-label option
  • Unlimited admins
  • Dedicated account rep
  • Quarterly strategy calls
  • API & integrations
  • SLA guarantee
Get started free
Ready to get started?

Your neighborhood forum is one step away.

Claim your subdomain now — we'll have your community forum live within 24 hours. No technical knowledge needed on your end.

Your forum: yourneighborhood.townthread.org
No credit card required 14-day free trial Cancel anytime