Townese is a simple, verified events feed for Mercer Island residents. Post a gathering. Find one near you. Go.
No algorithm decides what you see. No ads. No promoted posts. No anonymous accounts. Just a clean, chronological list of things your neighbors are doing — and an honest count of who's planning to come.
Every person on Townese is a verified Mercer Island resident posting under their real name. That's the whole trust model. It means when someone says "come join us," you know who's asking.
The goal isn't to keep you on your phone. It's to get you off it.
Townese is for every verified resident of Mercer Island — full stop. We don't care how long you've lived here, whether you know your neighbors yet, or what language you speak at home. If you live here, this is yours.
Townese operates on the ancestral homeland of the Duwamish People (dxʷdəwʔabš) — and specifically the x̌ačuʔabš, the Duwamish subgroup whose territory surrounds Lake Washington, the waters Mercer Island sits within. We acknowledge the Duwamish People, past and present, and honor with gratitude the land and the Duwamish Tribe.
We also acknowledge the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe — the federally recognized successor to the Duwamish and Upper Puyallup peoples, the Treaty Tribe of King County, and the stewards of these lands under the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott. The promises made in that treaty were not kept.
Acknowledgment is only a beginning. If you live or work on this land, consider supporting the Duwamish Tribe directly through Real Rent Duwamish — a voluntary contribution that goes directly to Duwamish Tribal Services.