I'm looking to build a community web site for my neighborhood so I've started by making notes about the functionality required. I'm looking for more insight, however, so please share your thoughts.

Here's what I'd like to have in the community site:

- A place where the association can provide information about the neighborhood... guidelines, calendar events, and more.
- A place where residents can share information of interest with each other... what's going on in and around the neighborhood
- A place where non-residents can learn more about the neighborhood, from a marketing perspective, but not let them see personal information about the residents and committees

Using ConcourseConnect, these categories can be used:
- Businesses: located around the neighborhood and of particular interest to the residents and non-residents
- Organizations: government/municipal information, libraries, schools, churches, and more for residents and non-residents
- Committees: the HOA committees including the Board, specifically for residents
- Groups: An area where residents can create a group and optionally a private group -- Moms, Books, Tennis, Gardening, New Residents, Carpooling, etc.
- Events: Events in and around the neighborhood... could include Clubhouse activity and more
- Ideas: A place to share positive thoughts to make the neighborhood better
- People: Basic profiles of people who live in the neighborhood, for residents only

So far so good. We have the basic system up and running and customized. The permissions are working well too. This is just a starting point and it definitely replaces Yahoo Groups and the Google Calendar we were using.

As it is, we're going to take it live and see what the neighbors think. I'll also report back on what they say.

So, as a general purpose neighborhood site, what else do you think it should or could have?

Are there other features besides those included that would be helpful to residents?

Thanks,
Matt