Launching in The Colony, TX · 75056

Local visibility where life already happens.

A Side Door Hub board on a Main Street sidewalk in The Colony. The board reads “Support Local — local businesses, local connections,” with a featured local businesses section along the bottom.

Side Door Hub is building a community-board network across Dallas–Fort Worth. Participating hosts get a free place to share customer updates; nearby businesses can be featured where local customers already visit.

Free for hosts. Built around local connections.

One board. Two kinds of value. A lot more local connection.

For the host

A useful customer-facing board.

For nearby businesses

Physical visibility inside places people already visit.

How it works

The board goes up. The host takes it from there.

  1. We place it.

    Side Door Hub provides the board and works with the host to choose a visible location that does not interfere with customer or staff traffic.

    A Side Door Hub board placed near the entrance of a barbershop, in view of customers but out of the way of foot traffic.
  2. The writable area of a Side Door Hub board in a bakery: “Fresh today — cinnamon rolls, blueberry scones, chocolate croissants,” plus the baker’s pick. The writable area of a Side Door Hub board in a fitness studio listing today’s class schedule. The writable area of a Side Door Hub board in a nail salon listing this week’s specials.

    You use it.

    The host controls the large writable space for:

    • specials
    • menus
    • announcements
    • events
    • schedules
    • promotions
  3. Local businesses join it.

    A limited number of nearby businesses appear in the lower featured section.

    Close-up of the lower section of a Side Door Hub board: the heading “Support local businesses” above a small grid of featured local business listings.

Around town

Similar board. Different local businesses.

Built to fit the way real businesses communicate with their customers.

A Side Door Hub board inside a neighborhood restaurant listing tonight’s specials and a happy hour, with featured local businesses along the bottom.
01/06Restaurant
Tonight’s specials

The host writes tonight’s menu and happy hour up top. The featured section below stays put.

A Side Door Hub board in a coffee shop reading “Good morning — today’s picks,” with drinks, pastries and an open-mic night listed, and featured local businesses below.
02/06Café
Today’s picks

Morning drinks, the pastry that just came out, open-mic night on Wednesday. Same board, new day.

A Side Door Hub board on a restaurant patio welcoming guests with today’s features, live music and happy hour, with featured local businesses below.
03/06Outdoor patio
What’s happening tonight

Out on the patio the board works as a welcome sign, a features list and a seating note — all at once.

A Side Door Hub board in a nail salon listing manicure and pedicure specials, walk-in availability and a reminder to book ahead, with featured local businesses below.
04/06Nail salon
Appointments + specials

Walk-in availability, the featured service, a nudge to book before the weekend fills up.

A Side Door Hub board in a fitness studio showing today’s class schedule and a Saturday bootcamp, with featured local businesses below.
05/06Fitness studio
Today’s schedule

Class times, this week’s bootcamp, a note for new members. Written in the morning, read all day.

A Side Door Hub board in a boutique announcing new arrivals, a seasonal discount and a holiday preview event, with featured local businesses below.
06/06Boutique
What’s new

New arrivals, a seasonal promotion, the event that’s coming up. The lower section keeps pointing to neighbors.

Your space. Your message. $0 to host.

Side Door Hub provides the board completely free to participating host businesses: $0 purchase, $0 rental, $0 installation.

The writable area of a Side Door Hub board in a Tex-Mex restaurant: today’s favorites, happy hour and a Tuesday taco special.

Use the main board for whatever your customers need to see today.

  • Specials
  • Menus
  • Events
  • Promotions
  • Announcements
  • Schedules
Become a Host

“What do I get for hosting it?”

Something useful.
A customer-facing communication space that belongs primarily to the host.
Something visible.
A physical board customers naturally encounter while visiting the business.
Something simple.
Side Door Hub handles the featured-business side.
Something free.
No purchase, rental, or installation cost for the host.

It starts here.

The Colony, Texas

75056

Side Door Hub is placing its first boards in The Colony before expanding into additional DFW communities.

Become an Early Host

Own a business outside 75056? Get in touch — we’re building the next locations now.

A Side Door Hub board standing outdoors in The Colony with the city water tower behind it. The board reads “Coming soon to The Colony.”

Questions?Good.

Straight answers about the board, the cost, and who ends up on it.

Yes. There is no purchase, rental, or installation fee for participating hosts. Side Door Hub funds the program through the local businesses featured in the lower section.

Specials, menus, announcements, promotions, events, schedules, featured items, customer messages, and similar host information.

In a visible customer-facing location agreed upon with the host, positioned so it does not interfere with customers or staff.

Approximately 36 inches tall × 24 inches wide.

A limited group of local businesses selected for that board.

Yes. Side Door Hub wants the featured businesses to make sense for the host location and its customers.

Side Door Hub manages the board program and featured-business section. The host controls the main writable area.

Submit the host inquiry form and Side Door Hub can arrange a quick conversation or physical-board demo.

Submit a featured-business inquiry.

Have a great local location?

Host the board.

Free for participating hosts.

Become a Host

Say hello

Let’s put something local on the board.

Tell us a little about your business. We’ll follow up to talk hosting, getting featured, or whatever you’re curious about.