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The spark behind EventureMap

Built on North Carolina’s Pleasure Island, for coastal towns that empty out after Labor Day.

From a printed map to one that changes daily

Every year after Labor Day, co-founder Carla Duarte watched neighbors flood local Facebook groups with the same two questions: who’s still open, and who’s running locals’ specials? Meanwhile the venues were relying on printed island maps — outdated by midseason and impossible to track.

She and her partner Scott Thomas built the alternative: one live map that sends foot traffic to the door while it still matters.

Carla Duarte and Scott Thomas on the beach at Pleasure Island, North Carolina
Carla Duarte and Scott Thomas — Pleasure Island

Partners in life and work

Carla knows the community. Scott builds AI and cloud systems.

Together they built a platform shaped around how coastal towns actually run.

Where it is already running

Chamber endorsed

The Greater Topsail Area Chamber of Commerce is our anchor paid partner, rolling EventureMap out to member venues as a member benefit.

Cultural and civic arts

Maps for the Island Arts Council’s Art in the Yard, and for the Downtown Wilmington Business Alliance during District Days.

The same platform runs live trolley and shuttle tracking with Shuttle Works in Pleasure Island, Southport, and Folly Beach.

See what we built

The map is running right now on Pleasure Island, and in six other towns nearby.

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