Local advertising, locally placed
Reach your local customers at a business you already support.
Local businesses reach thousands of local customers on community boards inside the area's busiest spots.
Six local businesses per board. A full year of exposure for $600.
See the sample board below
A sample 802 Boards community board — six local businesses, one busy location.
How it works
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Click on the board/business where you agreed to advertise
Browse the boards to find the board and business where you agreed to advertise.
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Secure your spot
Pay for your spot for a full year at one flat price. No bidding. No monthly bills.
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Now you will get seen daily and stay seen
We print and place your ad on the board, in front of customers already walking in. Then it stays there all year — a daily reminder, not a scroll they skip past.
- For example, a host site seeing about 200 customers a day, five days a week, works out to roughly 52,000 views a year — at $600, that's around 87 views per dollar spent. Every location is different, so this is an estimate, not a guarantee.
- No bidding wars, no algorithm changes, no click fraud.
- The same regular local customers see your ad every visit — reinforcement that online ads just cannot match.
- One flat $600 price. No monthly bills, no surprise budget drains.
- Even after you pay, your full year does not start until the board is placed with your ad.
Host a board at your business
Your customers already walk past your counter. A board turns that traffic into something useful for them — and something that costs you nothing.
What's included — free for hosts
- A free, professionally printed community board — no cost to you, ever
- A sturdy, height-adjustable metal floor stand — or a wall mount, no holes needed
- Free dry-erase markers to write your daily specials, merch, events, or anything you'd like — it's your board
- Your business name and branding featured on the board — it's your board
- You suggest the local businesses you'd love on your board — your insurer, roofer, electrician, realtor, painter, handyman, and others who support you. We reach out, get your approval, and handle the rest.
- A fresh board reprinted every year, with updated ads
I handle the printing, the ads (also approved by the advertisers and host), renewals and outreach. You just keep doing what you already do.
Read our Host Agreement (PDF)Questions, answered
The things local business owners ask me most. Short and honest.
What is a community board, and where are they?
A community board is a clean dry-erase board, about the size of a poster, that lives inside a busy local business. Six local businesses get one spot each. I place boards in high-traffic Vermont locations — restaurants, cafes, and shops where people already show up week after week. Every board I have up and coming shows on the Boards page and on the Map.
How much does a spot cost, and what do I get?
One flat $600 for a full year. You get one of the six spots on a board, your ad designed and printed by me, and a year of daily exposure to that location's regulars. No monthly bill, no per-click charges, nothing added on later.
What are the ad dimensions?
Your ad is 7.5" × 5" on a 24" × 36" board — roughly the size of a postcard, sitting in a neat grid alongside five other local businesses.
Do I approve my ad before it prints?
Yes, always. I design your ad and send it to you first. Nothing gets printed or placed until you say yes, and nothing changes after that without your sign-off.
When does my year start?
The day the board is physically installed with your ad on it — not the day you pay. If a board is still being built or installed, your spot shows as sold and pending install, and your year hasn't started yet. You're never paying for time you aren't getting.
What if the host location closes?
Then I find your ad a new home. I'll move it to a comparable board at no extra cost so you still get the rest of your year. If there's no board that fits, I'll prorate a refund for the time left. Either way, you're taken care of.
How do I renew?
I email you a month before your year ends, and again a week before, with a simple link to renew. There's no auto-charge and no surprise — you only renew if you want to. If you do, your new year picks up right where the old one ended and your ad stays exactly where it is.
Still have a question? Ask me directly — I answer my own messages.
Meet the founder
Hi, I'm Janeen — the person behind 802 Boards. I'm a New Haven, Vermont resident, and after serving my country in the US Peace Corps, volunteering in my communities for over 25 years, and living in 8 different states, I couldn't be happier to finally settle down in beautiful, community-based Vermont.
I started this business because I kept watching great local businesses get drowned out by big-brand advertising they can't afford or compete with. Community boards fix that: for a fraction of the cost, your business gets seen all year round by the locals who actually walk through your neighbors' doors.
I run every part of this personally, through my registered LLC, Vermont Discovery Co LLC. I choose the host location, find local advertisers who support that host, and design your ad — approved only by you. And when you have a question, you email me. Not a robot, not a call center. Me.
It's a female-run, local Vermont business supporting other small Vermont businesses, and I take real pride in helping our small businesses get noticed.
Got a high-traffic spot that'd be perfect for a board — or want your ad on a business you already support? Send me a message anytime.