LOCL was born from a personal response to homelessness.
Bob Dalton is the founder of LOCL. It was his mother's sudden descent into homelessness that prompted him to ask shelters what they needed the most and they answered, "blankets." So, Bob founded Sackcloth & Ashes where for every blanket sold, one is donated to a local shelter.
As that important work unfolded, another form of homelessness became impossible to ignore— the absence of belonging.
Bob began to see how social media, designed around algorithms and extraction, was insidiously severing connection. He noticed how we were becoming addicted – “users” instead of members.
LOCL emerged as a response to that trauma.
Rather than optimizing for attention, LOCL is designed to optimize for companionship. Rather than extraction, it centers presence. It is a hyper-local platform that forgoes algorithms in favor of proximity, shared experience, and real-world connection.
LOCL is not just a tool I support. It's the connective tissue I believe in.
Designing for the human ecosystem.
LOCL is a hyper-local community platform designed to restore something essential: the experience of belonging where you live.
There are no algorithms deciding what matters. No extraction of data and attention. No performance economy. Instead, LOCL centers:
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local events and gatherings
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shared interests and service
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discoverability rooted in place
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connection that moves from screen to sidewalk
For me, LOCL is the natural ground layer for everything I offer. It is where Emerald Tent circles will be discovered, where The Great Compassion gathers, where Career Ecology salons happen, and where friendships form outside of metrics and feeds.
I am excited to anchor my work in LOCL because wellbeing, creativity, and community require real human presence.
Explore LOCL and the communities forming there . . .
My work and passions are rooted in decades guiding humans through transition, loss, identity rupture, and emergence. I bring a poetic depth and practical sensibility that orients to the body’s intelligence, a respect for inner rhythm, and a commitment to compassionate and courageous expression.
Lori Wallace
