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If you live in Provo (or are strangely obsessed with it), this is a MUST read.

Welcome to GRIDtown—the hyperlocal newsletter featuring Provo’s latest pop-up events, civic mischief, alleyway oddities, hidden trailheads, and local lore.

New editions to your inbox, every Thursday at 7 a.m.

No cost, just compulsive curiosity.

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This isn’t your mom’s newsletter. Unless your mom loves trunk tamales, street art, and municipal chaos.

I’ll send you one weekly issue packed with:

👀 Eyes on the Street: small sightings, big questions

🎟️ Secret Events: pop-ups, porch things, and mostly-legal meetups

🕵️ Council Confidential: power moves and budget tea

☕ Unsubstantiated: rumors, vibes, and planning drama

🚧 What’s Getting Built: the things behind the fences and cones

 🐐 Front-yard Dispatches: urban foraging, tamales, art in a box

Strange things are happening here…

Written by a neighbor (Jamie, here) who thinks Sodalicious, sidewalk chalk, and municipal subcommittees all deserve close reading.

Subscribe to get weekly dispatches on the most curious parts of Provo.

As local newspapers shrink (sorry, Daily Herald), hyperlocal newsletters like GRIDtown step in. We’re tuned to the block, not the algorithm.

Why I’m Writing a Hyperlocal Newsletter (and Not a Social Media Feed)?

  • It skips the outrage cycle. No doomscrolling, no subtweets. Just city intrigue, minus the algorithmic meltdown.

  • It builds a slow archive of what it felt like to live here. Social media forgets. This remembers.

  • It’s not owned by big tech. You get a copy. I keep a copy. That’s it. No shadowbans, no platform wipes.

  • It’s Bridgerton meets municipal code. A little intrigue, a little infrastructure, a lot of tasteful gossip.

  • You don’t have to chase it. No need to refresh a timeline. It comes to your inbox and waits patiently.

  • It respects your time. You read when you want, not when the algorithm wants you to.

  • It cultivates local attention. You notice more of what matters when someone else is noticing with you.

  • It doesn’t flatten your interests. Instagram wants you to be one thing. A newsletter lets you like local brunch aesthetics and the transportation master plan.

  • It’s civic. Not performative. You’re not being watched. You’re being invited in.

  • It makes space for curiosity. Not everything is a take. Some things are just interesting.