The Streets Blog

February 14, 2025, marks a significant milestone for Streets, the event platform that has transformed how curators, vendors, and attendees connect. While the company was founded on this day a year ago, Streets opted to wait until the last day of Black History Month to reflect on its progress, highlight its impact, and introduce the next evolution: Streets 3.0.0.

A Year of Transformation

In just twelve months, Streets has rapidly expanded from a startup concept into a trusted platform facilitating event discovery, marketing, and attendee engagement. With over 3,500 users, more than 100 events hosted, and 24 five-star reviews across the App Store and Google Play, the platform has demonstrated its ability to drive real impact in the event space. Streets is now active in four states—Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C.—with continued expansion on the horizon.

Introducing Streets 3.0.0: The Next Generation of Event Management

The latest update, Streets 3.0.0, introduces groundbreaking tools designed to streamline event planning, enhance marketing reach, and create a more personalized attendee experience. Each feature is the result of direct feedback from event curators and vendors, ensuring that the platform evolves to meet real-world needs.

Revolutionizing Event Promotion with Streets Connect

Inspired by Freakquency, a brand exploring affordable marketing options, Streets Connect offers a scalable SMS and email marketing solution for event curators at all levels. Whether a local promoter or a multi-city event organizer, Streets Connect provides an effective way to keep attendees engaged.

The subscription model offers four tiers:

• Streets Starter – An entry-level plan for new curators.
• Streets Access – Increased reach and marketing volume.
• Streets Engage – Advanced tools for broader audience engagement.
• Streets Influence – Designed for top-tier curators shaping nightlife across multiple cities.

Collaboration & Cross-Promotion: The Evolution of Event Staffing

As Heat Atlanta expanded its operations, it sought a more efficient way to delegate event responsibilities and promote talent. In response, Streets developed the Collabs feature, enabling curators to assign various roles—event manager, host, DJ, vendor, venue, and more—to team members. These roles can be displayed publicly for cross-promotion or kept private for internal management.

Tap to Pay on iPhone & Android: Secure, Streamlined Payments

Addressing the growing need for seamless financial transactions, Streets now supports Tap to Pay on iPhone and Android, allowing event curators and vendors to accept Apple Pay, Google Pay, and contactless cards directly from their devices. This eliminates reliance on external payment services, aggregates financial data within one platform, and provides instant SMS/email receipts. Additionally, it offers a more secure alternative to peer-to-peer apps, which some curators reported experiencing downtime with.

Message Center: A Centralized Communication Hub

Inspired by Pamojafit and JC Moore, who needed better communication tools for fitness classes and private events, Message Center introduces a sophisticated way to send curated messages to attendees. Features include:

• Customizable audience targeting (favorites, past purchasers, SMS subscribers, and more).
• Subject-based messaging with attachments (images, videos, PDFs).
• Scheduled messages for optimized engagement.
• Enhanced guest list management, allowing curators to mark VIPs or exclusive attendees, ensuring smoother event entry and security.

Complimentary Ticketing & Guest List Automation

Managing free and comped guests has never been easier. Curators can now issue complimentary tickets directly through the app, preventing last-minute list changes and confusion at the door. This ensures seamless check-ins, with scanners instantly identifying comped guests.

Dispute Management: Streamlining Conflict Resolution

With dispute tracking now built into the app, event curators can review, manage, and communicate with attendees regarding transaction disputes. This feature helps curators protect their reputations and resolve payment issues efficiently.

For Attendees: A More Personalized Experience

Streets 3.0.0 isn’t just about curators—it’s about delivering an enhanced experience for event-goers:

• Personalized event feeds based on user interests and location.
• Group tickets, allowing buyers to share tickets with friends and track their check-ins.
• Interactive event maps for easy browsing of local events.
• Enhanced digital tickets with detailed event breakdowns, images, and contact details. (See screenshots below.)
• Calendar integration & event reminders via push notifications.

Introducing Streets AI: The Future of Event Discovery

The highlight of Streets 3.0.0 is Streets AI, a suite of AI-powered tools designed to enhance event curation and discovery.

✔️ Smart event search – Users can speak or type queries to instantly find events, curators, and vendors. ✔️ AI-generated event inspiration – Users can describe an event, and Streets AI will assist in setting up time, location, and details. ✔️ AI-powered flyer creation – Users can design high-quality AI-generated flyers based on their event descriptions. (Currently available on iOS, coming soon to Android!) ✔️ Streets Image Editor – Modify and enhance existing event visuals.

AI search & event creation are free, while flyer generation is a premium feature available via AI credits.

Celebrating Black Excellence in Tech

Streets was founded on the idea of empowering event curators, small business owners, and the communities they serve. As we close out Black History Month, we celebrate the resilience, innovation, and impact of Black entrepreneurs in tech and events.

From independent curators to large-scale promoters, we’ve seen the power of ownership and digital transformation in our industry. Streets 3.0.0 is just the beginning of that journey.

Here’s to another year of making history. 🎉

Happy Black History Month! 🖤✨

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