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A Main Street finder for the town's chamber.

Newcastle Chamber of CommerceConcept study22 July 2026

Before vs after

Drag the handle. Left: what a first-time visitor finds today — the Chamber's Facebook page without an account. Right: a Main Street finder for the town's chamber.

Independent concept. Created from public information to demonstrate an idea. Not commissioned or approved by the business shown.

Newcastle Chamber of Commerce's current public presence: its Facebook page covered by a login form, with the Chamber's introduction greyed out behind the wall
Mourne Made concept opening in harbour navy, sea mist and civic brass: Find a business on Main Street headline, directory search, Halloween events card and trade categories
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See it in motion

A still can't show the hero, the menus or how fast you reach the main action. These are ten-second visits to each version, captured the same way.

Before
Newcastle Chamber of Commerce's current public presence: its Facebook page covered by a login form, with the Chamber's introduction greyed out behind the wall

This business has no website of its own — its current public presence is a social page behind a login. There is no live site to demo.

After

Members

A member directory for Main Street.

Once a visitor lands, the next question is which businesses are in the Chamber — and how to join. The directory answers both without new infrastructure: members listed by trade, a path to the existing Gmail inbox.

Newcastle Chamber member directory concept: harbour-navy header with the chamber seal, a grid of business cards organised by trade category, and a Join the Chamber banner at the foot

Example listings of real Newcastle businesses on Main Street, Co. Down. Membership is confirmed by the Chamber committee.

View the members concept screen

Complete site

A complete site for the Chamber.

The complete site keeps the Main Street directory, a clear Co. Down identity and a friendly route for businesses to join. Joining by email matches the Chamber's current volunteer capacity.

The reasoning, in order

Three changes to make the Chamber findable.

  • Search results mix this Chamber with organisations elsewhere, and the public Facebook page is hard for a first-time visitor to use as a front door.

    Change: A finder opening that leads with Newcastle, Co. Down and Main Street under the Mournes — place first, then directory, events and join.

  • Member news and how to join live only as feed posts and a Gmail address, so someone looking for a trader has to already know where to look.

    Change: A Main Street finder: search into a category directory, a trade list and a clear route for businesses that want to join.

  • Halloween in Newcastle is a night the Chamber helps put on — but a passer-by who starts on social still has to dig for the next date.

    Change: An events card on the opening screen, with a full calendar page behind it — updates still pointing at the Facebook and Instagram the Chamber already runs.

Sources & limits

Clear about what is real.

Captured from the Chamber's public Facebook page on 22 July 2026, with the login prompt left in place. Co. Down naming, Main Street address, Gmail, phone, Instagram, LinkedIn, the 2023 relaunch and Halloween in Newcastle on 31 October 2026 come from the Chamber's public pages and the council tourism listing.

The opening photograph is Eric Jones's 2012 Central Promenade view (CC BY-SA 2.0), credited on the page. The seal is concept work, not an official crest. Directory listings are real Newcastle businesses shown as examples — membership is confirmed by the committee. Non-Halloween calendar rows are examples.

This was not commissioned or approved by Newcastle Chamber of Commerce. It is a free website idea: a Main Street finder the town can use.

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