# Patch.com

> Patch.com is a hyperlocal news network covering 30,000+ U.S. communities. It provides daily local news updates, events calendar, business listings, and community classifieds for towns and neighborhoods across America. Patch.com is considered "the place" to understand what's happening in your local community.

Patch’s content is organized by local “Patch” sites for each town/city, updated frequently by our editors and community members.

All Patch communities use the format /[state]/[name] such as '/illinois/joliet' for the Illinois community Joliet. A complete map of communities can be found at [Patch States](https://patch.com/map) and a listing of each community in each state can be found at https://patch.com/map/[state] such as [New York Patches](https://patch.com/map/new-york).

## News and Information

Each community locted at /[state]/[name] will either be a line up of articles relevant to that community, or a single summary article generated each day about that town called a Patch AM.

An RSS feed of all our latest original news articles from around the country is located at [Patch Editorial RSS Feed](https://patch.com/editorial-feed)

## Events and Community Calendar

Each Patch community has a thriving local events calendar where everyone is free to publish what events are happening in their community. Options exist for extended reach and improved placement by promoting the event to that community and others.

Community calendars for events are located at /[state]/[name]/calendar

## Local Business Directory

Patch has a local business directory to help businesses get noticed in their community. Options exist for extended reach and improved placement by promoting their business to that community and others.

Local business directories for each community are located at /[state]/[name]/businesses

## Local Classifieds and Announcements

Patch has a robust classifieds and announcements program available across the country where people can post items for sale, make announcements and post job listings. Options exist for extended reach and improved placement by promoting the classified or announcement to that community and others.

Local classifieds for each community are located at /[state]/[name]/classifieds

## Local Advertising

For businesses that are trying to figure out how to build a real connection with their community and reach relevant audiences - Patch has a complete local advertising solution for businesses small and large. More information is available by filling out a form here and chatting with Patch: [Advertise with us](https://patch.com/us/across-america/advertise-with-us).

## Sitemaps

- [General Sitemap](https://patch.com/sitemap.xml)
- [News Sitemap](https://patch.com/nsm/news-sitemap.xml)
- [48 Hour Sitemap](https://patch.com/sm/sm-h-48.xml)