Welcome to the East Village Hub changelog - the official chronicle of our relentless tinkering. We update this place as often as a hyperactive barista pulls espresso shots. Fresh features, shiny improvements, occasional chaos, and the odd bug squished with righteous fury.
If you’re reading this whole page… respect. You’re one of the chosen ones.
2.6 - Personal Trainers and plot numbers
9th January 2026
New
Improved
Plot Numbers
We’ve redrawn the map - not the boundaries of E20 of course, but we’ve created a higher fidelity Plot Number map so that you know what the heck the difference between N06 and N22 is!
Changelog
We’re getting meta now - this page was becoming a little unweildy - so we’ve introduced toggles. Click away!
2.5 - Fitness, footesteps and fewer guessy bits
3rd January 2026
New
Improved
Location Labels
We’ve started using clearer location cues across listings:
- E20 for things on the East Village estate (or Chobham Manor)
- X Mins walk for places just outside it
- Worth the trek for things further away, but included on purpose
This isn’t about exact distances or pedantry. It’s about reflecting how people here actually think when deciding where to go.
1st January 2026
Improved
Refreshed Content
Same content. Better shape. The kind of update you only notice when it’s missing.
2.4 - The Pupdate
31st December 2025
New
Dogs now have their own home
A dedicated Dogs section is live - built for the reality that half of East Village social life is just dogs with humans attached.
Resident recommendations
We’ve added a chunk of new local tips from EV residents - mostly dog-focused, all the kind of “you only learn this after three awkward attempts” knowledge.
Green spaces for dogs
A clearer set of dog-friendly outdoor spots, so you can stop doing the nightly loop based on vibes and hope.
Removed
2.3 - Less chrome, more signal
23rd December 2025
Improved
Our new brand
A calmer, more confident visual system. We’ve had a proper tidy-up. Layout, spacing, typography and colour now work together as a single system, rather than a collection of well-meaning settings.
Clearer hierarchy
Headings, cards and page structure have been rebalanced to make scanning easier and long reads calmer.
Acid lime
The new acid-lime signature now appears only where it matters (hello, HUB), instead of quietly shouting from everywhere at once.
Less floating, more grounding
Shadows have been removed from cards, callouts and navigation. Everything now sits flat and intentional - like a publication, not an app.
Invisible
- Card proportions and spacing have been standardised
- Navigation simplified and de-cluttered
- White space promoted from “nice to have” to “doing real work”
2.2 - Perks, pipelines & polite guardrails
New
Offers
We’ve teamed up with local businesses to introduce limited-volume offers on the East Village Hub. These are small, genuinely local perks - first come, first served, and very much “once it’s gone, it’s gone”.
Claiming without the faff
You can now claim offers directly through the Hub. When you do, you’ll get a confirmation email with everything you need to redeem it, including a unique Claim ID. No screenshots, no awkward conversations, no “but I swear I saw it online”.
Invisible
Offer logic
Behind the scenes, we’ve added some unseen machinery to keep things fair and calm:
- Claim limits are enforced automatically
- Duplicate claims are gently but firmly declined
- Sold-out means sold-out (no Schrödinger’s discounts)
- Emails go out at exactly the right moment
None of this is visible. That’s the point. If it’s working, you’ll never notice it.
Automation gremlins, successfully contained
A small army of automations now scurries around making sure offers behave themselves. They have been fed, watered, and told not to wake the residents.
2.1 - The one with all the metadata
New
About
At long last, a place where we get existential. Who are we? What do we do? Why do we exist? Is this all part of a simulation? Answers: yes, lots, and probably.
Changelog
A whole new page dedicated to documenting every tweak, triumph, and tiny disaster - including this very moment you’re reading. The circle is complete. No mirrors within mirrors this time.
Lights, Camera, E20!
Did you see [insert celebrity] filming [insert blockbuster] in East Village? Maybe. Maybe not. Either way, you can now explore EV’s movie-making hotspots and pretend you’re in a director’s commentary.
Improved
Metadata
We shoved metadata into every nook and cranny of our business listings. It’s basically SEO with a gym membership now.
Search
Powered up thanks to all that metadata. Try searching for “brunch” and watch it actually return brunch things. Witchcraft.
Business listings
Listings now come with addresses and maps so you no longer need to wander East Village guided only by vibes.
2.0 - Clubs and Groups
New
Featured Groups
Groups can now become featured on the Clubs & Groups homepage. Fame awaits.
Verification for clubs & groups
Groups can now get .svg)
Verified - complete with an honest-to-goodness blue tick. It’s not for sale, it doesn’t come with superpowers (yet), but it does say: “This group is the real deal.”
If you run a group and want to wear the badge of honour, come talk to us.
Verified - complete with an honest-to-goodness blue tick. It’s not for sale, it doesn’t come with superpowers (yet), but it does say: “This group is the real deal.”If you run a group and want to wear the badge of honour, come talk to us.
Improved
- Listings across the site have had a glow-up.
- Fonts, colours, and icons also had a spa day.
Removed
We’ve temporarily removed dark mode. It wasn’t behaving. It knows what it did.
Bug fixes
- There was a bug where lists only showed 10 items. We fixed it so you can now scroll like you’re training for a thumb marathon.
1.4 - The festive treat
New
Featured News
We can now pick a news story to shine on the homepage and the News page. Queue your dramatic spotlight.
Festive Imagery
The Christmas hero image has been updated. Expect seasonal vibes. Possibly snowflakes. Definitely no Mariah Carey.
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