I love to hear about great things, especially technology, coming from Minnesota. I read about the following in TECHdotMN…

In that spirit, a new app called Turf is focusing heavily on ease-of-entry and community-based networking in an effort to cut through the noise and provide users with what they really want: the ability to connect with those around them in a meaningful way.

Growing up in Pine Island, MN, Colton Sinning learned the social benefit of becoming ingrained in one’s community. In a small town, everybody knows everybody else, and staying up on local news and events is simply a matter of paying attention. Sinning believed that social networks should mirror that dynamic.

So he came up with the idea for Turf, a location-based app — currently available on iOS and soon  Android — that makes it easier than ever to interact with people in the same proximity. –