DominicaBusinesses.com
Crowd-sourced business directory built in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, live and open to the public.
At a glance
- Role
- Product designer and developer
- Sector
- Community business directory
- Constraints
- Post-hurricane disruption, public contributions, and open-status reporting
- Stack
- Vue.js · Google Maps · PHP · MySQL
- Result
- Still live today, with dozens of businesses listed across categories from auto services to restaurants, browsable at dominicabusinesses.com.
Context to result
The solution followed the shape of the problem.
A compact project map showing what constrained the work, what changed, and the useful outcome.
Post-hurricane disruption, public contributions, and open-status reporting
Built a public, crowd-sourced business directory letting anyone browse or add a business, with categories, contact details, and open-status information for businesses across the island.
Still live today, with dozens of businesses listed across categories from auto services to restaurants, browsable at dominicabusinesses.com.
01 · Context
What was getting in the way
After Hurricane Maria, Dominica's business community needed a way to signal which businesses were open, reachable, and operating, at a time when many normal channels were down.
02 · Decision
What changed and why
Built a public, crowd-sourced business directory letting anyone browse or add a business, with categories, contact details, and open-status information for businesses across the island.
03 · Evidence
Still live today, with dozens of businesses listed across categories from auto services to restaurants, browsable at dominicabusinesses.com.
Technology used
- Vue.js
- Google Maps
- PHP
- MySQL
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