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Real-time local intelligence

Building the data layer for local America.

Every day, meaningful things happen across America's communities. Fractals collects fragmented public records, local reporting, events, data and community signals, and turns them into structured, up-to-date local intelligence.

6 communities live across Kansas and Georgia. One shared platform.

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From signals to intelligence
Fragmented signals

Agendas, permits, notices, housing data, events, sports, reporting and more.

Structured Community Graph

People, places, properties, projects, decisions and how they relate over time.

Trusted local distribution

Community sites, email, SMS, social media and automated print editions, so residents see what happened, what changed and what matters in the format they want.

Built, not just imagined

A real network. A working business.

Fractals is not a concept deck. Community products built on the platform are live today.

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live communities across Kansas and Georgia
6
live communities across Kansas and Georgia

Salina311, Andover311, Hays311, Abilene311, Lindsborg311 and All Things Camden.

metrics per community
Up to 1,000
metrics per community

Coverage varies by market and depends on which public data sources are available locally.

gross revenue per year
$500K
gross revenue per year

Founder-reported gross annual revenue in our original Salina market.

The problem

Local information is everywhere. Local intelligence is nowhere.

Important information about a community is scattered across government websites, PDFs, public records, news sites, social media, calendars, property databases, meeting agendas, legal notices and community organizations.

Fractals brings those signals together.

  • Government websites
  • PDFs
  • Public records
  • News sites
  • Social media
  • Calendars
  • Property databases
  • Meeting agendas
  • Legal notices
  • Community organizations
What changed? Curated example

One local decision. Everything it connects to.

On Oct. 6, 2026, Andover's Site Plan Review Committee approved a site plan to convert the Meritrust drive-thru ATM at 600 N. Andover Rd. to Credit Union of America branding. The committee attached a condition about a second set of bollards on the site. One small agenda item touches a city body, a parcel, a property owner, a sign contractor, a previous business and a follow-up that is still open.

The decision

Andover approves a Credit Union of America drive-thru ATM canopy, with a condition

Status
Approved (condition still open)
When
Body
Andover Site Plan Review Committee
Case
SP-A26-0030
Connected to
  • Government body: Andover Site Plan Review Committee
  • City staff: Les Mangus, Director of Community Development
  • Place / parcel: 600 N. Andover Rd., Andover, KS 67002
  • Property owner / applicant: Credit Union of America
  • Contractor / agent: Miracle Signs (Wichita)
  • Previous use: Meritrust drive-thru ATM
  • Project: Drive-thru ITM canopy rebrand
How the record evolved
  1. Aug. 13, 2026 Miracle Signs canopy drawings for Credit Union of America are dated.
  2. Sept. 16, 2026 Site plan review application is signed by Credit Union of America and its agent.
  3. Oct. 2, 2026 Agenda packet for the Oct. 6 meeting is published, including the staff memo recommending approval.
  4. Oct. 6, 2026 Committee approves the site plan with the bollard condition. The motion carries with no opposition.
  5. Oct. 7, 2026 Andover311 publishes the story, explaining what changed and the condition that is still open.
  6. Pending City staff follow up with the applicant on the second set of bollards (remove them or paint them to match).
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This is a static example our team put together by hand from public records and Andover311 coverage. It shows how Fractals structures one local decision. It is not a live Community Graph query, and it does not update automatically. Cross-entity graph queries like this are in development.

How it works

Collect. Structure. Explain. Distribute. Act.

Five steps. One flywheel for local intelligence.

  1. Collect

    Continuously gather meaningful local signals.

  2. Structure

    Connect people, places, properties, organizations, projects, events and decisions.

  3. Explain

    Use verified sources, data, AI, and human judgment where needed to explain what changed.

  4. Distribute

    Deliver useful local intelligence through trusted community products.

  5. Act

    Help people and organizations respond to what is happening.

Not every item is independently verified. How we source, label and correct information.

Community Graph

Communities are connected systems. Their data should be too.

A site plan approval can involve a city committee, a parcel, a property owner, a contractor, a previous business and follow-up conditions. The Community Graph is the architecture Fractals uses to hold those relationships over time.

In development Querying across entities and communities (for example, "every decision touching this parcel") is still being built. Today's example above was curated by hand.

  • People

    Officials, owners, candidates, coaches and other locally relevant people.

  • Organizations

    Cities, schools, businesses, agencies, teams and nonprofits.

  • Places & properties

    Neighborhoods, parcels, venues, roads and development sites.

  • Actions & events

    Votes, permits, hearings, openings, projects, notices and metrics.

The network

6 communities. One system.

Each community has its own brand and identity. All of them run on the Fractals platform.

Who it serves

Residents today. More audiences as the graph grows.

Labels show what is available now and what is still being built.

  • Status: Live

    Residents

    What happened, what changed, and what affects me?

    Live in all six communities: local stories, events and community updates on the web, with polls, meeting coverage, local metrics, email, social and print where each market supports them.

  • Status: Emerging

    Businesses

    Business identity, discovery and relevant local changes.

    Business partner pages and business posts run in some markets today (for example, Salina311).

    Self-serve business identity across the network is not generally available yet.

  • Status: Emerging

    Government & economic development

    Community trends, project activity and economic reporting.

    Community metrics and public-meeting coverage are published on the community sites.

    Project-activity tracking and economic reporting products are in development.

  • Status: In development

    Professionals

    Historical and cross-community intelligence.

    Not offered as a product today.

    Historical and cross-community queries on the Community Graph are in development. Talk to us if this is what you need.

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For local operators

Bring Fractals to your community.

We work with selected Market Operators who bring local relationships, reporting and sales, while Fractals provides the platform underneath. Operating rights, any exclusivity and revenue shares are set in individual agreements and depend on availability and performance. Applying does not reserve a territory.

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FAQs

What is Fractals?

A technology and data company building the data layer for local America. Community sites are how that intelligence reaches residents today.

Is Fractals a news publisher?

No. Community sites, newsletters and print editions are how Fractals delivers local intelligence, not the company itself.

What do residents get?

A simple way to understand what happened, what changed and what matters in their community. See Salina311.

How do Market Operators work?

Operators run the local market: relationships, reporting and sales. Fractals owns the technology and the Community Graph. Any exclusivity is set in an individual agreement and kept through performance; it is not guaranteed by applying.

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