The Transfer puts local shops, food trucks, pop-ups and events in Decatur and the towns around it in one place, so you always know what's open, what's on, and who's in.
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The Transfer House was where Decatur changed streetcars and ran into each other. The Transfer is that again: one stop where the whole town comes together.
Everybody who makes Decatur Decatur.
See what's open, what's on tonight and where the taco truck parked, before you even leave the house.
Shops, salons, studios and restaurants from Forsyth to Mt. Zion. List your business, post your events, show off your socials and offer member perks.
Drop a pin on a sidewalk or lot for up to 3 days. Fans see you're out the moment you are.
Post street closures and notices, and run City events where everyone taking part lights up green.
Small app, big hometown energy.
Verified Decatur businesses in one list, plus where the food trucks and pop-ups are today.
During a City event, businesses that are in glow green, all over town. No more guessing who's open late.
When a business posts an event, it can let other businesses join in: a sidewalk sale, a window walk, a taco crawl. The event's map shows everyone taking part.
Kid-friendly? Parking? Send a question right from the event; the reply lands in your account.
Every listing is checked against Illinois Department of Revenue records before it's listed.
Street closures, parade routes and news from the City of Decatur, pinned where you'll see them.
Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, hours, phone and website for each business, one tap away.
Deals from Decatur businesses just for members. Tap one, show your phone at the counter. One free coffee pays for the year.
Post an event once and share it to your Facebook Page with a single tap, picture and all.
A City of Decatur downtown night: green is in, red is sitting it out.
Every City event in the app has this map on its page. Pick one and watch who lights up.
Events lived on a dozen Facebook pages, food trucks posted their spot and hoped you saw it, and small shops couldn't afford to advertise against the big chains. The Transfer started with a local business owner asking a simple question: what if all of it was in one place?
Every visit to a Decatur shop keeps money, jobs and character in town. We want those visits to be easy.
City nights downtown work best when businesses show up together.
From Forsyth to Mt. Zion, one place that says what's open, what's on and who's in, without the ads.
✨ Built in Decatur by a local business owner, with a lot of help from AI.
Less than a latte, and the member perks can pay for it the first week. No ads, ever.
For locals and visitors.
Storefronts, food trucks and traveling merchants.
🤝 501(c)(3) nonprofits and ⛪ churches list free
A partner account for the City.
Every business checked against Illinois records
No ads, and we don't sell your data
Built in Decatur, for Decatur
It's Decatur plus everything within 5 miles of the city limits: Forsyth, Mt. Zion, Harristown, Elwin, Long Creek, Oreana, Warrensburg and the country roads in between. Want just downtown? There's a Downtown filter. Food trucks and merchants can pin spots anywhere in the area.
iPhone and Android apps are on the way. Until then, The Transfer works in any phone or computer browser.
A small yearly fee ($2.99 for members) keeps it ad-free, keeps the lights on, and keeps the community real. No ads, no selling your data.
When a business signs up, the app looks up its EIN or Illinois Account ID with the Illinois Department of Revenue in a few seconds. If the name doesn't match, a person checks it before it goes live.
A night the City of Decatur runs downtown, like First Friday or a holiday walk. Businesses say they're in with one tap; open the event and its map shows everyone taking part in green.
Businesses choose to offer them: a discount, a freebie, a code. Members open the perk in the app and show their phone at the counter; a live clock on the screen shows it's real. Each perk is one use per member.
No. Registered 501(c)(3) nonprofits and churches get a full business membership free: a listing, events and perks. We check your EIN against the IRS list, or a church's Illinois tax-exemption number, when you sign up.
Any time. Your membership or listing stays active until the end of the year you paid for.
Find the shops. Catch the trucks. Show up for downtown.