Editorial standards for Visit Alliance.
Visit Alliance is a civic discovery platform for the Carnation City. It is built for visitors, residents, campus families, and people trying to understand the public story of Alliance, Ohio.
Scope: this guide is intentionally narrow. It covers civic identity, landmarks, public green space, practical visitor movement, light events, and factual corrections. It is not a heavy business directory, newsletter product, or partnership program.
Accuracy
- Factual claims should be grounded in official civic sources, institutional sources, direct public records, or clearly identified local context.
- Visitor-facing pages should prefer durable facts over fragile promotional language.
- Corrections should be reviewed before publication and kept in plain language.
Events
- Public events should be useful to visitors and residents.
- Recurring civic traditions, campus weekends, public markets, landmark activity, and seasonal rhythms belong here.
- Commercial listings should stay light unless they are necessary for visitor orientation.
Voice
The voice should feel mayoral, civic, and future-facing without becoming generic booster copy. The story has posture: castle, campus, green ground, public memory, and renewal.
Corrections
Send public event notes or factual corrections through the narrow intake page. Submissions are reviewed for accuracy and visitor relevance before being used.
Source ledger
Major civic claims should be backed by the source ledger and rechecked when official pages change. Public-reference sources can guide language, but official civic and institutional sources carry more authority.
Submit an event or correction Open source ledger