How It Works

We read everything your town publishes. You get the important parts.

Townline monitors every public record, meeting, and decision from your local government. We process it, organize it, and deliver the parts that matter to you — in clear, simple language, with full citations.

Tell us your town

When you sign up, you tell us where you live. That's it. From that moment, Townline begins monitoring every publicly available record your municipality produces — town council meetings, planning board agendas, zoning board decisions, budget hearings, permit filings, and municipal code changes. You don't need to tell us what to look for. We watch everything.

We read everything

Every document your town publishes is processed, analyzed, and organized. Meeting minutes are summarized. Zoning decisions are catalogued. Permit applications are tracked. Budget changes are flagged. This isn't a keyword search or a simple scrape. Townline reads and understands the full context of every record — the same way a diligent neighbor would if they had unlimited time and attention.

You get what matters

Based on your address, your interests, and your professional needs, Townline delivers the information that's relevant to you. No noise, no irrelevant updates from across town. Just the things that affect your property, your street, and your neighborhood — explained clearly and linked to the original source.

Your Toolkit

Everything you need to understand your town

Ask Townline

Have you ever tried to figure out the setback requirements for your property? Or whether you need a variance for that addition you're planning? Or what the zoning rules actually say about that new development down the street?

Ask Townline works like having a conversation with someone who has read your town's entire municipal code. Ask any question in plain language and get a clear, specific answer — with citations to the exact section of the code so you can verify it yourself.

Every answer includes a direct link to the source document. No hallucinations, no guesses — just your town's rules, explained clearly.

What you can ask

"What are the setback requirements for my property?"

"Do I need a permit to build a deck?"

"What's the maximum building height in my zone?"

"What are the rules for accessory dwelling units?"

Meeting Tracker

Your town council, planning board, zoning board, and committees meet regularly. Important decisions get made. And unless you have hours to watch recordings or read dense minutes, you'd never know.

Meeting Tracker gives you a structured summary of every meeting: what was discussed, what was decided, and what's coming up next. Each summary links back to the original agenda, minutes, and video so you can dig deeper on anything that catches your eye.

What you get

Upcoming meetings with agendas

Summaries of past meetings

Links to original minutes and recordings

Key decisions highlighted

Town Scout

Set up monitoring for any property or area in your town. When a new permit is filed, a variance is requested, or a planning decision affects your selected area, Town Scout sends you an alert.

This is especially valuable if you're a homeowner keeping an eye on development near your property, or a professional tracking activity in a town where you're working.

How it works

Select an address or draw a radius on the map

Choose what types of activity to track

Get email alerts when something matches

Town Map

Town Map gives you a bird's-eye view of what's happening across your municipality. See permits, zoning designations, and recent activity plotted on an interactive map. Click any property to see its full history — filings, approvals, pending decisions.

What you can see

Active and recent permits

Zoning designations by parcel

Property-level detail on click

Satellite and street views

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