How the Collective works

A free list of the locally owned businesses in Clarksville, Oak Grove and Hopkinsville, built so you can answer "who's a good mechanic?" with one link.

What's on it

Businesses owned and run by people who live here: barbers, mechanics, dentists, daycares, churches and the rest. National chains are left out. If you spot one, open its page, choose "Claim it or fix a detail" and tell us.

Where the listings come from

We started from OpenStreetMap, the free map anyone can edit. Owners and neighbors add the rest with the Add a business form, and a person reads every submission before it goes up. Hours copied from OpenStreetMap say so on the listing, so you know to call ahead.

Owner tags

The veteran-owned, military spouse-owned and locally owned tags show only after we check with the owner. Each check is dated and runs out after a year unless it is renewed. A business without a tag hasn't been checked yet; it doesn't mean the answer is no.

Who runs it

The Clarksville Collective is run by Choptek, a veteran-owned web studio in Clarksville. Listings are free and stay free.

Choptek also builds websites for local businesses. A business that works with Choptek gets no better spot, badge or placement here than one that doesn't, and the order you see never looks at who Choptek's clients are.

Fix or add something

• Something wrong on a listing? Open it and choose "Claim it or fix a detail".
• Closed for good? Choose "Report this place closed" on its page.
• Missing a place? Add a business.

The data is open

You can download every listing under the same open license as OpenStreetMap.