My Neighborhood News

What My Neighborhood News does

My Neighborhood News (MNN) is a family-owned, hyperlocal digital news and community communication platform serving 130+ residential neighborhoods across the Greater Houston Area, Austin, and San Antonio/New Braunfels, Texas. The company operates neighborhood-specific websites, weekly email newsletters (Weekly Digest), a local business directory (BizFinder), and HOA communication tools including a proprietary Content Companion tool that converts board-submitted updates into SEO-optimized articles and social media posts. The platform is provided at no cost to homeowners associations and community management companies, with MNN handling content creation, distribution, and multi-channel publishing on behalf of the HOA.

The business model is a three-sided advertising marketplace: local businesses (home services, healthcare, real estate, restaurants, retail) purchase website placements, newsletter sponsorships, sponsored content, and neighborhood-targeted advertising to reach engaged residents, while HOAs receive free services and can optionally participate in a Neighborhood Business Alliance program sharing 25% of neighborhood-specific ad revenue. MNN also generates ancillary value through community features (Family Focus, event/news submission) and partnerships with school districts, libraries, nonprofits, and local government agencies. Distribution is achieved entirely through owned digital channels — neighborhood websites, weekly opt-in email digests reported at 70% open rates (claimed as 3x industry average), and automated crossposting to Facebook, Nextdoor, X, Bluesky, and LinkedIn.

The company traces its origins to 1979 with the founding of Krenek Printing by Johnny Krenek's parents, which published printed neighborhood newsletters in West Houston subdivisions. In 2021, the business rebranded to My Neighborhood News to transition from print to digital, expand resources, and reduce environmental impact. The company is bootstrapped and privately held by the Krenek family, with no external investors, no funding rounds, and a small core leadership team. Revenue is derived entirely from local business advertising partnerships; no revenue figures are publicly disclosed.

Name

My Neighborhood News

Legal name

My Neighborhood News

Website

https://myneighborhoodnews.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Short description

My Neighborhood News is a family-owned hyperlocal digital news platform serving 130+ neighborhoods across the Greater Houston, Austin, and San Antonio, Texas markets. It operates neighborhood websites, weekly email newsletters, and HOA communication tools, monetized through local business advertising while remaining free to homeowners associations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hyperlocal Community News and Digital Media

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110), Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services (5418), Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (51929), Directory and Mailing List Publishers (51314)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531), Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711), Services-Advertising (7310), Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAJAHAB

Homeowners Association (HOA) Management

Business & Public Services/Real Estate Services (Brokerage, Property Management)/HOA/Condominium Association Management

SECONDARYBPAJAFAH

HOA / Condominium Association Management

Business & Public Services/Real Estate Services (Brokerage, Property Management)/Residential Property Management

SECONDARYMPACAKAJ

Local & City Guide Content Aggregators

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Digital Media & Content Platforms (Online Video, Podcasts, Creators)/Digital Content Aggregators & Discovery (Feed/Curated)

SECONDARYBPAMABAG

Local & Neighborhood Communities

Business & Public Services/Web, Mobile & Digital Platforms/Social Networks & Online Communities

Keywords

• Hyperlocal digital news
• Community news platform
• HOA communication services
• Local advertising network
• Neighborhood email newsletters

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Local Business Advertising: The primary revenue stream is advertising sold to local businesses. Neighborhood sponsors support the websites and newsletters residents trust for local information. The platform offers website advertising, newsletter sponsorships, sponsored content, and neighborhood-targeted advertising. The platform is fully funded by local business advertisements so the service remains free to readers.
2. Neighborhood Business Alliance Revenue Share: HOAs can receive 25% of neighborhood-specific ad revenue through the Neighborhood Business Alliance program, creating a revenue-sharing model with their community partners.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

My Neighborhood News operates a hyperlocal digital news platform providing neighborhood-specific websites, weekly email newsletters, and HOA communication tools for 130+ neighborhoods across the Greater Houston Area, Austin, and San Antonio. The platform delivers community news, events, HOA announcements, and local business listings, funded entirely through local business advertising partnerships at no cost to HOAs and residents.

Product overview

My Neighborhood News is a hyperlocal neighborhood communication platform offering a suite of integrated digital products. The core offering consists of customized neighborhood news websites, weekly email newsletters (Weekly Digest), event submission, news article submission, and a local business directory (BizFinder). The platform serves homeowners associations with managed HOA website hubs, social crossposting, and the Content Companion tool. Additional features include Family Focus community spotlights and a neighborhood advertising platform for local businesses. The product portfolio is unified under the My Neighborhood News brand, with services supporting both residents (free access) and HOA/community partners (free supported by local advertising).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Neighborhood News Websites Customized neighborhood webpages featuring news, events, HOA announcements, governing documents, meeting information, and community resources in one central online hub for residents in 130+ neighborhoods across Greater Houston Area, Austin, and San Antonio.
• Weekly Email Newsletter (Weekly Digest) Curated weekly e-newsletter delivered every Thursday or Friday with latest neighborhood news, HOA announcements, local events, community updates, and public safety information customized for each community. Reaches 70% average open rates.
• Event Submission Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• 70% newsletter open rates (3x industry average)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Krenek PrintingcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Krenek Printing was founded in 1979 by Johnny Krenek's parents as a small printing business publishing neighborhood newsletters for subdivisions in West Houston. Over decades, coverage expanded to 100+ neighborhoods. In 2021, the company evolved into My Neighborhood News, bringing printed newsletter expertise into a modern digital platform.
• HOA Connect HoustoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMy Neighborhood News works with HOA Connect Houston as part of expanded neighborhood partnerships and HOA communication tools. The partnership focuses on helping communities become more informed, connected, and engaged through digital communication services.
• Neighborhood Business Alliance PartnersmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLocal businesses join as advertising partners supporting neighborhood websites and newsletters. HOAs receive 25% of neighborhood-specific ad revenue through this program, creating mutual benefit between communities and local advertisers.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Patch.com: Patch operates hyperlocal online news websites organized by town and neighborhood, monetized through local business advertising. It directly overlaps My Neighborhood News on hyperlocal news, neighborhood-targeted ads, and resident email/newsletter distribution in overlapping markets.
• Nextdoor: Nextdoor operates the dominant neighborhood-level social/news feed where residents discover local events, businesses, and announcements. It competes with My Neighborhood News for resident attention and local business promotion budgets across the same Houston/Austin/San Antonio suburbs.
• Community Impact Newspaper: Community Impact publishes hyperlocal print and digital newspapers serving Houston-area and Texas suburbs with neighborhood-by-neighborhood coverage. It directly competes with My Neighborhood News for the same advertising dollars from local businesses and the same attention from Houston-area residents.
• Vantaca: Vantaca provides HOA management, accounting, and resident communication software for community associations. It is comparable to My Neighborhood News on the HOA communication and website-management layer, though it focuses on back-office accounting rather than news content.
• FrontSteps (Vantaca-ecosystem): FrontSteps is a HOA management/communication platform providing resident portals, websites, and mass-communication tools to management companies — overlapping My Neighborhood News's HOA website hub, social crossposting, and Content Companion-style mass-communication offering.

Emerging players

• Alignable: Alignable is a small-business referral and local-advertising network connecting local business owners within communities. It competes with My Neighborhood News's BizFinder and Neighborhood Business Alliance offerings by helping local SMBs reach neighborhood audiences.

Broad incumbents

• AppFolio: AppFolio is a broader property management SaaS platform with an HOA/community-associations vertical. While it serves the same HOA management companies as My Neighborhood News, it is a broader-suite incumbent rather than a hyperlocal communications specialist.
• Buildium: Buildium is a property management SaaS platform used by smaller landlords and HOA-adjacent associations, overlapping the client base My Neighborhood News serves. It is comparable on HOA/association administration but does not focus on hyperlocal news distribution.

Others

• Constant Contact: Constant Contact provides email newsletter and audience-engagement tools that HOAs and local businesses could use in lieu of My Neighborhood News's weekly digest. It is an adjacent enabling platform rather than a direct competitor, since MNN combines content production with distribution.
• TownNews (LONELY): TownNews provides the underlying CMS, audience-platform, and digital publishing infrastructure that powers thousands of local news sites. My Neighborhood News uses a similar operating stack conceptually (per-neighborhood digital publications) and would compete for HOA-affiliated publications that adopt these platforms.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/KatyFulshearMyNeighborhoodNews
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/myneighborhoodnews

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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