Sam Lyons moved into Clonard Road in Kimmage in 2005. After living in the area a couple of years he realised how little he knew about his own area. One afternoon after his car broke down he went in search of a local business that might repair it. The price he was quoted was well outside his budget. He spoke to a friend who was a mechanic who lived locally and he mentioned that he remembered hearing of a guy nearby where Sam lived who specialised in fixing exhausts. After Googling and not finding anything, Sam drove around and found Auto Exhausts on Stannaway Drive. The job ended up costing nearly a quarter of what he had originally being quoted.
This made Sam think, how do people in an area find the different businesses that exist and the prices they charge? Whether its a small home run business, a retail unit or family run business stuck in the middle of an industrial estate how do people know you exist? You see local businesses with a board outside showing their deals, although how do people find out about these? This was the seed that led to the creation of KCRarea.com. With years of experience of working with communities and digital media, Sam had the skills necessary to design something that can help both community and businesses. It needed to allow people to find what they were looking for with ease. Over the last 12 months, working with his intern Artur, they built the new website KCRarea.com.
“It has come on along way from the original concept. Now it offers a full search engine, daily deals, a forum, horoscopes, videos, photos and coming soon a Classifieds section and Gift Shop. Other exciting developments in the future are a mobile app and even talk of a local radio station, all going well.” said Sam.
KCRarea.com is about bringing businesses and community together in a long-term sustainable relationship, “using togetherness we can deal with community issues, regeneration of areas, unemployment and so much more.”
Businesses pay for a yearly listing, while charities, non-profits and associations get their listings for FREE.
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