GoLocal

Problem

There have been many difficulties encountered during this pandemic. Local businesses, in particular, have been struggling to keep their business open, due to stay-at-home orders and indoor dining being limited.

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Relevant Research

According to research, about 1/3 of local and small business suffered due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Layoffs and closures occurred, and businesses had to shorten their business hours to help save money.

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Solution

We wanted to find a way to help support those in our community and spread the word on their business to help them stay open a little longer. Our solution was to create a website that would take inspiration from Yelp, but target the small businesses in the area.

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Wireframe

After research was conducted, we began to wireframe and plan our the website. Wireframe and mockup was done on Figma.

Result

GoLocal is a website created to find a way to help and support those in our community and spread the word on their business to help them, especially in a time when stay-at-home orders were implemented.

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Users are able to enter what kind of store they are looking for and/or the area it is located in. They will be shown results based on their inputs to find a new place to visit.

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GoLocal was submitted to LA Hacks 2021.

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Collaborated with another individual. Contributed as a designer by prototyping on Figma

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Devpost: https://devpost.com/software/golocal

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