Community directories for masterplanned estates

A local business directory your new residents will use, full on the day it launches.

  • Stays current
  • Belongs to the community

FFP Digital, in Ipswich, Queensland, builds local business and What's On directories for masterplanned estates anywhere in Australia, for the estate's community development team. Each one is full on the day it launches, kept current by a local curator, and handed over to the community on a dated plan. It starts with a free map of every business in your estate's catchment.

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Free, and yours to keep.

5 stars on Google We mapped every business in Ripley Valley. See the map

David Webster, FFP Digital, Ipswich QLD. Updated 13 November 2026.

Where do you send a new resident who asks for a good local plumber?

New residents ask the Facebook group and get a long thread of mixed answers. A directory that is full on the day it launches answers straight away.

Your hub already brings people together. A filled directory is the next step for it.

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From an empty screen to a full directory

  1. Weeks 1 and 2 Map your catchment Every business and group, found
  2. Weeks 3 and 4 Workshop it with the community Community led from day one
  3. Weeks 5 to 10 Fill it before anyone sees it Every listing checked and written
  4. From week 11 Launch, then keep it alive Full on the day it launches

Then every month it stays current

  • Local of the Week
  • What's On round up
  • Listing upkeep
  • Your report
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What comes with every directory?

The same eight things at every estate.

Your estate Local businesses and What's On New here? Start with the area What's On Sat Sun Wed Local of the Week Local businesses Belongs to your community 4 3 6 2 1 5 7 8
  1. 1Full on the day it launchesEvery business and group, checked first
  2. 2Only places worth sending a friend toA published quality standard
  3. 3What's OnLocal groups post their own events, for place activation
  4. 4New to the estateThe area on one page for new residents
  5. 5Stays current by itselfAutomatic checks, and owners update with one link
  6. 6Local of the WeekA new favourite for your channels
  7. 7Belongs to the communityHow the handover works
  8. 8A monthly reportIn your organisation's words

See every local business around your estate

A free map of your catchment, with every local business and community group in it, counted by type. Yours to keep.

Example of your map Your estate Catchment Town centre
  • Food and coffee
  • Trades and services
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Sport and clubs
  • Community groups

Bars are illustrative. Yours carry the real counts.

The Ripley Valley catchment map, five suburbs outlined in purple, four estates in orange and two town centres in blue.
Ripley Valley, mappedThe first catchment we drew, around where residents actually go.
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Free. Tell us the estate and we'll do the rest.

Who owns it when the estate sells out?

The community does, from day one. Stewardship passes to it on a date agreed at the start.

Owned by the community. Domain, site and income in its name.
  1. Day one Set up in the community's name Nothing locked to FFP Digital
  2. While the estate sells Curated with a local curator Two or three hours a week
  3. On a dated plan Handed over to the community Date agreed at the start
The developer funds it. Funding partner, never the owner.

Each directory carries its own local name Your estate's own name

What can you take upstairs each month?

One page in the language your organisation already uses. It reads on its own, so it works for whoever signs without us in the room.

  • For whoever signs
  • Into your resident or Liveability survey
  • Toward your Green Star evidence
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An illustration of the layout. Your figures arrive with your first report.

What do community development teams ask first?

What does it cost?

The map is free.

After that, a fixed quote priced from your estate's own map, funded one milestone at a time.

We already run a community hub. Does this replace it?

No, it builds on it.

It links from your hub, newsletter and welcome pack, and What's On feeds back into them.

Who keeps it current?

Checks, owners and a local curator.

Every listing is checked automatically, owners update theirs from one link, and a curator does the rest in two or three hours a week.

Who decides which businesses are listed?

A published quality standard.

Agreed with you and the community at the first session, with anything featured marked as featured.

Will it carry the developer's brand?

Your estate's own local name.

You're credited as the funding partner, and it belongs to the community after the last lot sells.

How long does it take?

About ten to twelve weeks.

The map is the first two weeks, and launch dates are fixed in the quote.

Does our estate have to be in Queensland?

No, anywhere in Australia.

Mapping and the build are done remotely, from Ipswich near the Ripley Valley.

How does it help with Green Star Communities?

It supports your evidence.

The monthly report is written to support your evidence for Green Star Communities v1.1 credits 10.4 (Community information), 10.3 (Community events) and 18.1 (Increase in local jobs), or for community connection under v2.

More questions

How does it build community connection and a sense of belonging?

New residents find local businesses, groups and What's On in one place from their first week, instead of asking in a Facebook group. The monthly report shows what they searched for, the events posted and how often they come back.

What happens at handover?

The directory is set up in the community's name from day one, with the domain, site and income in its name. A local curator looks after it while the estate sells, and it is handed over to the community on a date agreed at the start. Nothing is locked to FFP Digital.

Does it help with place activation?

Yes. Local groups post their own events to What's On, a round up goes out every month, and Local of the Week gives your channels a new local favourite to share.

Read more: How do new residents find good local businesses in a new estate?

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David Webster

David Webster

Founder, FFP Digital

5 stars on Google
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Free, and yours to keep. Tell us the estate and David will confirm the catchment.

David Webster
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