Saskatchewan

Lloydminster, 2023

Archive of hometown notes from Lloydminster: local places, drinking water, taxes, and construction.

December 2023

Basement air context for Lloydminster

How Lloydminster sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.

Indoor radon figures for Lloydminster follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.

A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put Lloydminster in national context first.

A bright spot in Lloydminster

Bioclean Aquatic Centre is a reason people stay fond of Lloydminster.

December 2023 in Lloydminster: Bioclean Aquatic Centre. Municipal pool facility on the recreation menu beside Cenovus Energy Hub and Servus Sports Centre. Indoor water has a proper civic name.

Bud Miller All Seasons Park is a standing municipal venue for summer community events.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

City Score neighbours for Lloydminster

How Lloydminster compares with nearby cities on City Score.

Lloydminster's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.

A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.

Lloydminster: Lloydminster is Discover Lloydminster's Border City,

Lloydminster is Discover Lloydminster's Border City, billed as Canada's only border city spanning Saskatchewan and Alberta. City news

Bud Miller All Seasons Park still orients Lloydminster. Major municipal park for community events across seasons. When Lloydminster hosts outdoors, this name travels first.

City news releases routinely dateline Lloydminster, AB/SK.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

November 2023

November 2023: property tax in Lloydminster

Published residential mill-rate context for Lloydminster.

Residential mill rates for Lloydminster appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.

Assessment bases differ by province. Read Lloydminster beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.

A lesser-known corner of Lloydminster

Heritage Day home base and a named park for civic holiday programming. The border city marks the calendar here.

Walk or drive through Lloydminster long enough and Weaver Heritage Park comes up. Heritage Day home base and a named park for civic holiday programming. The border city marks the calendar here.

Parks and facilities carry the weekly calendar. Bud Miller All Seasons Park hosts community events like Wheels at Work and other summer programs that need lawn and parking. Weaver Heritage Park is the Heritage Day address when the civic holiday lands in early August and families map the afternoon by picnic tables. Bioclean Aquatic Centre, Cenovus Energy Hub, and Servus Sports Centre round out the indoor recreation map, so winter does not depend on one lonely rink name shared across two provinces' kids.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Bud Miller All Seasons Park, Lloydminster · November 2023

Major municipal park for community events across seasons. When Lloydminster hosts outdoors, this name travels first.

Bud Miller All Seasons Park still orients Lloydminster. Major municipal park for community events across seasons. When Lloydminster hosts outdoors, this name travels first.

Heritage Day programming is anchored at Weaver Heritage Park.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Lloydminster: City news releases routinely dateline Lloydminster, AB/SK. · November 2023

City news releases routinely dateline Lloydminster, AB/SK.

November 2023 in Lloydminster: Bioclean Aquatic Centre. Municipal pool facility on the recreation menu beside Cenovus Energy Hub and Servus Sports Centre. Indoor water has a proper civic name.

City news releases routinely dateline Lloydminster, AB/SK.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

October 2023

October 2023: building permits in Lloydminster

Where Lloydminster sits in published building-permit figures for October 2023.

Construction intent in Lloydminster shows up first as authorized permit dollars. Read a single month as a pulse, not a verdict.

Open the Lloydminster permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.

Bud Miller All Seasons Park, Lloydminster · October 2023

Major municipal park for community events across seasons. When Lloydminster hosts outdoors, this name travels first.

Bud Miller All Seasons Park still orients Lloydminster. Major municipal park for community events across seasons. When Lloydminster hosts outdoors, this name travels first.

Bud Miller All Seasons Park is a standing municipal venue for summer community events.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Why Bioclean Aquatic Centre still draws people in Lloydminster

Bioclean Aquatic Centre is a reason people stay fond of Lloydminster.

October 2023 in Lloydminster: Bioclean Aquatic Centre. Municipal pool facility on the recreation menu beside Cenovus Energy Hub and Servus Sports Centre. Indoor water has a proper civic name.

Heritage Day programming is anchored at Weaver Heritage Park.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Lloydminster: Parks and facilities carry the weekly calendar. Bud

Parks and facilities carry the weekly calendar. Bud Miller All Seasons Park hosts community events like Wheels at Work and other summer

Walk or drive through Lloydminster long enough and Weaver Heritage Park comes up. Heritage Day home base and a named park for civic holiday programming. The border city marks the calendar here.

Parks and facilities carry the weekly calendar. Bud Miller All Seasons Park hosts community events like Wheels at Work and other summer programs that need lawn and parking. Weaver Heritage Park is the Heritage Day address when the civic holiday lands in early August and families map the afternoon by picnic tables. Bioclean Aquatic Centre, Cenovus Energy Hub, and Servus Sports Centre round out the indoor recreation map, so winter does not depend on one lonely rink name shared across two provinces' kids.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

October 2023: property tax in Lloydminster

Published residential mill-rate context for Lloydminster.

Residential mill rates for Lloydminster appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.

Assessment bases differ by province. Read Lloydminster beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.

September 2023

Lloydminster: OpenStats has no composite City Score rank for

OpenStats has no composite City Score rank for Lloydminster in the current datapack. The hometown portrait does not wait for one. It is

September 2023 in Lloydminster: Bioclean Aquatic Centre. Municipal pool facility on the recreation menu beside Cenovus Energy Hub and Servus Sports Centre. Indoor water has a proper civic name.

Bud Miller All Seasons Park is a standing municipal venue for summer community events.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Lloydminster water: Lloydminster is one city with two provincial

Lloydminster draws municipal drinking water from North Saskatchewan River, treated at Lloydminster Water Treatment Plant.

Ask where Lloydminster drinking water begins and the answer is North Saskatchewan River, then Lloydminster Water Treatment Plant. That supply chain is what the water atlas puts beside hardness and lead.

Border-city plant drawing North Saskatchewan River water and serving both the Saskatchewan and Alberta sides of Lloydminster through the city’s utility.

See the Lloydminster water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.

Landmark: Bud Miller All Seasons Park

Major municipal park for community events across seasons. When Lloydminster hosts outdoors, this name travels first.

Bud Miller All Seasons Park still orients Lloydminster. Major municipal park for community events across seasons. When Lloydminster hosts outdoors, this name travels first.

City news releases routinely dateline Lloydminster, AB/SK.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Lloydminster on the hazard board

Seismic and wildfire context that applies to Lloydminster.

Lloydminster appears on NRCan seismic context (peak ground acceleration) and, where live, wildfire-season flags. Flood grades are incomplete on some pages.

Hazard pages are comparative geography, not insurance certificates. Pair them with provincial emergency bulletins when weather turns.

August 2023

Still finding Weaver Heritage Park

Heritage Day home base and a named park for civic holiday programming. The border city marks the calendar here.

Walk or drive through Lloydminster long enough and Weaver Heritage Park comes up. Heritage Day home base and a named park for civic holiday programming. The border city marks the calendar here.

Parks and facilities carry the weekly calendar. Bud Miller All Seasons Park hosts community events like Wheels at Work and other summer programs that need lawn and parking. Weaver Heritage Park is the Heritage Day address when the civic holiday lands in early August and families map the afternoon by picnic tables. Bioclean Aquatic Centre, Cenovus Energy Hub, and Servus Sports Centre round out the indoor recreation map, so winter does not depend on one lonely rink name shared across two provinces' kids.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Lloydminster broadband availability

Advertised broadband availability for Lloydminster.

Broadband rows for Lloydminster come from ISED National Broadband Data: advertised max download, 50/10 availability, and technology flags where published.

A map hex is not a living-room speed test. Confirm with your ISP after reading the Lloydminster internet page.

Bioclean Aquatic Centre still surprises

City news releases routinely dateline Lloydminster, AB/SK.

August 2023 in Lloydminster: Bioclean Aquatic Centre. Municipal pool facility on the recreation menu beside Cenovus Energy Hub and Servus Sports Centre. Indoor water has a proper civic name.

City news releases routinely dateline Lloydminster, AB/SK.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Lloydminster on the radon map

How Lloydminster sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.

Indoor radon figures for Lloydminster follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.

A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put Lloydminster in national context first.

July 2023

Why Bud Miller All Seasons Park still draws people in Lloydminster

Bud Miller All Seasons Park is a reason people stay fond of Lloydminster.

Bud Miller All Seasons Park still orients Lloydminster. Major municipal park for community events across seasons. When Lloydminster hosts outdoors, this name travels first.

Bud Miller All Seasons Park is a standing municipal venue for summer community events.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

How Lloydminster compares nearby

How Lloydminster compares with nearby cities on City Score.

Lloydminster's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.

A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.

Weaver Heritage Park in Lloydminster

Parks and facilities carry the weekly calendar. Bud Miller All Seasons Park hosts community events like Wheels at Work and other summer

Walk or drive through Lloydminster long enough and Weaver Heritage Park comes up. Heritage Day home base and a named park for civic holiday programming. The border city marks the calendar here.

Parks and facilities carry the weekly calendar. Bud Miller All Seasons Park hosts community events like Wheels at Work and other summer programs that need lawn and parking. Weaver Heritage Park is the Heritage Day address when the civic holiday lands in early August and families map the afternoon by picnic tables. Bioclean Aquatic Centre, Cenovus Energy Hub, and Servus Sports Centre round out the indoor recreation map, so winter does not depend on one lonely rink name shared across two provinces' kids.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

July 2023: property tax in Lloydminster

Published residential mill-rate context for Lloydminster.

Residential mill rates for Lloydminster appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.

Assessment bases differ by province. Read Lloydminster beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.

Lloydminster: Bud Miller All Seasons Park is a standing municipal venue for

Municipal pool facility on the recreation menu beside Cenovus Energy Hub and Servus Sports Centre. Indoor water has a proper civic name.

July 2023 in Lloydminster: Bioclean Aquatic Centre. Municipal pool facility on the recreation menu beside Cenovus Energy Hub and Servus Sports Centre. Indoor water has a proper civic name.

Bud Miller All Seasons Park is a standing municipal venue for summer community events.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

June 2023

A named place in Lloydminster

Heritage Day home base and a named park for civic holiday programming. The border city marks the calendar here.

Walk or drive through Lloydminster long enough and Weaver Heritage Park comes up. Heritage Day home base and a named park for civic holiday programming. The border city marks the calendar here.

Parks and facilities carry the weekly calendar. Bud Miller All Seasons Park hosts community events like Wheels at Work and other summer programs that need lawn and parking. Weaver Heritage Park is the Heritage Day address when the civic holiday lands in early August and families map the afternoon by picnic tables. Bioclean Aquatic Centre, Cenovus Energy Hub, and Servus Sports Centre round out the indoor recreation map, so winter does not depend on one lonely rink name shared across two provinces' kids.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

What still surprises about Lloydminster

City news releases routinely dateline Lloydminster, AB/SK.

Bud Miller All Seasons Park still orients Lloydminster. Major municipal park for community events across seasons. When Lloydminster hosts outdoors, this name travels first.

City news releases routinely dateline Lloydminster, AB/SK.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

June 2023: building permits in Lloydminster

Where Lloydminster sits in published building-permit figures for June 2023.

Construction intent in Lloydminster shows up first as authorized permit dollars. Read a single month as a pulse, not a verdict.

Open the Lloydminster permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.

Landmark: Weaver Heritage Park

Heritage Day home base and a named park for civic holiday programming. The border city marks the calendar here.

Walk or drive through Lloydminster long enough and Weaver Heritage Park comes up. Heritage Day home base and a named park for civic holiday programming. The border city marks the calendar here.

Parks and facilities carry the weekly calendar. Bud Miller All Seasons Park hosts community events like Wheels at Work and other summer programs that need lawn and parking. Weaver Heritage Park is the Heritage Day address when the civic holiday lands in early August and families map the afternoon by picnic tables. Bioclean Aquatic Centre, Cenovus Energy Hub, and Servus Sports Centre round out the indoor recreation map, so winter does not depend on one lonely rink name shared across two provinces' kids.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

May 2023

Bud Miller All Seasons Park keeps Lloydminster lively

Bud Miller All Seasons Park is a reason people stay fond of Lloydminster.

Bud Miller All Seasons Park still orients Lloydminster. Major municipal park for community events across seasons. When Lloydminster hosts outdoors, this name travels first.

Heritage Day programming is anchored at Weaver Heritage Park.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Worth knowing in Lloydminster: City news releases routinely dateline Lloydminster, AB/SK.

OpenStats has no composite City Score rank for Lloydminster in the current datapack. The hometown portrait does not wait for one. It is

May 2023 in Lloydminster: Bioclean Aquatic Centre. Municipal pool facility on the recreation menu beside Cenovus Energy Hub and Servus Sports Centre. Indoor water has a proper civic name.

City news releases routinely dateline Lloydminster, AB/SK.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

May 2023: property tax in Lloydminster

Published residential mill-rate context for Lloydminster.

Residential mill rates for Lloydminster appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.

Assessment bases differ by province. Read Lloydminster beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.

Worth knowing in Lloydminster: Bud Miller All Seasons Park is a standing municipal venue for

Lloydminster is Discover Lloydminster's Border City, billed as Canada's only border city spanning Saskatchewan and Alberta. City news

Bud Miller All Seasons Park still orients Lloydminster. Major municipal park for community events across seasons. When Lloydminster hosts outdoors, this name travels first.

Bud Miller All Seasons Park is a standing municipal venue for summer community events.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Lloydminster water via Lloydminster Water Treatment Plant

Lloydminster draws municipal drinking water from North Saskatchewan River, treated at Lloydminster Water Treatment Plant.

May 2023 is a good week to revisit Lloydminster's source: North Saskatchewan River. Treatment at Lloydminster Water Treatment Plant sits between the intake and the tap.

Border-city plant drawing North Saskatchewan River water and serving both the Saskatchewan and Alberta sides of Lloydminster through the city’s utility.

See the Lloydminster water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.

April 2023

Weaver Heritage Park, Lloydminster

Heritage Day home base and a named park for civic holiday programming. The border city marks the calendar here.

Walk or drive through Lloydminster long enough and Weaver Heritage Park comes up. Heritage Day home base and a named park for civic holiday programming. The border city marks the calendar here.

Parks and facilities carry the weekly calendar. Bud Miller All Seasons Park hosts community events like Wheels at Work and other summer programs that need lawn and parking. Weaver Heritage Park is the Heritage Day address when the civic holiday lands in early August and families map the afternoon by picnic tables. Bioclean Aquatic Centre, Cenovus Energy Hub, and Servus Sports Centre round out the indoor recreation map, so winter does not depend on one lonely rink name shared across two provinces' kids.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Natural hazards near Lloydminster

Seismic and wildfire context that applies to Lloydminster.

Lloydminster appears on NRCan seismic context (peak ground acceleration) and, where live, wildfire-season flags. Flood grades are incomplete on some pages.

Hazard pages are comparative geography, not insurance certificates. Pair them with provincial emergency bulletins when weather turns.

Still finding Bioclean Aquatic Centre

Municipal pool facility on the recreation menu beside Cenovus Energy Hub and Servus Sports Centre. Indoor water has a proper civic name.

April 2023 in Lloydminster: Bioclean Aquatic Centre. Municipal pool facility on the recreation menu beside Cenovus Energy Hub and Servus Sports Centre. Indoor water has a proper civic name.

Bud Miller All Seasons Park is a standing municipal venue for summer community events.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Internet coverage in Lloydminster

Advertised broadband availability for Lloydminster.

Broadband rows for Lloydminster come from ISED National Broadband Data: advertised max download, 50/10 availability, and technology flags where published.

A map hex is not a living-room speed test. Confirm with your ISP after reading the Lloydminster internet page.

March 2023

Bud Miller All Seasons Park still surprises

City news releases routinely dateline Lloydminster, AB/SK.

Bud Miller All Seasons Park still orients Lloydminster. Major municipal park for community events across seasons. When Lloydminster hosts outdoors, this name travels first.

City news releases routinely dateline Lloydminster, AB/SK.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Indoor radon around Lloydminster

How Lloydminster sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.

Indoor radon figures for Lloydminster follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.

A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put Lloydminster in national context first.

Weaver Heritage Park keeps Lloydminster lively

Weaver Heritage Park is a reason people stay fond of Lloydminster.

Walk or drive through Lloydminster long enough and Weaver Heritage Park comes up. Heritage Day home base and a named park for civic holiday programming. The border city marks the calendar here.

Parks and facilities carry the weekly calendar. Bud Miller All Seasons Park hosts community events like Wheels at Work and other summer programs that need lawn and parking. Weaver Heritage Park is the Heritage Day address when the civic holiday lands in early August and families map the afternoon by picnic tables. Bioclean Aquatic Centre, Cenovus Energy Hub, and Servus Sports Centre round out the indoor recreation map, so winter does not depend on one lonely rink name shared across two provinces' kids.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Lloydminster beside its neighbours

How Lloydminster compares with nearby cities on City Score.

Lloydminster's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.

A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.

February 2023

Bioclean Aquatic Centre in Lloydminster

OpenStats has no composite City Score rank for Lloydminster in the current datapack. The hometown portrait does not wait for one. It is

February 2023 in Lloydminster: Bioclean Aquatic Centre. Municipal pool facility on the recreation menu beside Cenovus Energy Hub and Servus Sports Centre. Indoor water has a proper civic name.

City news releases routinely dateline Lloydminster, AB/SK.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

February 2023: property tax in Lloydminster

Published residential mill-rate context for Lloydminster.

Residential mill rates for Lloydminster appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.

Assessment bases differ by province. Read Lloydminster beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.

Bud Miller All Seasons Park, Lloydminster

Major municipal park for community events across seasons. When Lloydminster hosts outdoors, this name travels first.

Bud Miller All Seasons Park still orients Lloydminster. Major municipal park for community events across seasons. When Lloydminster hosts outdoors, this name travels first.

Bud Miller All Seasons Park is a standing municipal venue for summer community events.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Bioclean Aquatic Centre, Lloydminster

Municipal pool facility on the recreation menu beside Cenovus Energy Hub and Servus Sports Centre. Indoor water has a proper civic name.

February 2023 in Lloydminster: Bioclean Aquatic Centre. Municipal pool facility on the recreation menu beside Cenovus Energy Hub and Servus Sports Centre. Indoor water has a proper civic name.

Heritage Day programming is anchored at Weaver Heritage Park.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

January 2023

Lloydminster: City news releases routinely dateline Lloydminster, AB/SK.

City news releases routinely dateline Lloydminster, AB/SK.

Walk or drive through Lloydminster long enough and Weaver Heritage Park comes up. Heritage Day home base and a named park for civic holiday programming. The border city marks the calendar here.

Parks and facilities carry the weekly calendar. Bud Miller All Seasons Park hosts community events like Wheels at Work and other summer programs that need lawn and parking. Weaver Heritage Park is the Heritage Day address when the civic holiday lands in early August and families map the afternoon by picnic tables. Bioclean Aquatic Centre, Cenovus Energy Hub, and Servus Sports Centre round out the indoor recreation map, so winter does not depend on one lonely rink name shared across two provinces' kids.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

January 2023: building permits in Lloydminster

Where Lloydminster sits in published building-permit figures for January 2023.

Building-permit value for Lloydminster comes from Statistics Canada when a direct-tier row exists. Quiet months often follow busy ones.

Open the Lloydminster permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.

Bioclean Aquatic Centre keeps Lloydminster lively

Bioclean Aquatic Centre is a reason people stay fond of Lloydminster.

January 2023 in Lloydminster: Bioclean Aquatic Centre. Municipal pool facility on the recreation menu beside Cenovus Energy Hub and Servus Sports Centre. Indoor water has a proper civic name.

Bud Miller All Seasons Park is a standing municipal venue for summer community events.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.

Lloydminster and North Saskatchewan River

Lloydminster draws municipal drinking water from North Saskatchewan River, treated at Lloydminster Water Treatment Plant.

Ask where Lloydminster drinking water begins and the answer is North Saskatchewan River, then Lloydminster Water Treatment Plant. That supply chain is what the water atlas puts beside hardness and lead.

Border-city plant drawing North Saskatchewan River water and serving both the Saskatchewan and Alberta sides of Lloydminster through the city’s utility.

See the Lloydminster water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.

Bud Miller All Seasons Park in Lloydminster

Lloydminster is Discover Lloydminster's Border City, billed as Canada's only border city spanning Saskatchewan and Alberta. City news

Bud Miller All Seasons Park still orients Lloydminster. Major municipal park for community events across seasons. When Lloydminster hosts outdoors, this name travels first.

City news releases routinely dateline Lloydminster, AB/SK.

More on Lloydminster: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.