A design & systems studio · Detroit-built, available worldwide
Core City builds brand-driven websites for restaurants, studios, venues, wellness brands, and founder-led businesses — with a private Saystage that lets your team request, preview, and publish updates in plain English.
The problem
Menus, hours, services, staff, events, photos, pricing, and announcements change constantly. Most websites fall behind — or become a tangle of texts, emails, screenshots, and risky DIY edits that damage the design.
Trinosophes, Detroit — the brand and site we built, with a live café menu kept current through Saystage, never buried in PDFs or DMs.
The system
Core City is a managed website system — not a one-time build. Website rebuild, Saystage for your team, ongoing care, and monthly digital direction so the site stays as current as the business.
For businesses whose site no longer represents them. Strategy, brand refinement, design system, mobile-first build, copy structure, local SEO foundation, and analytics setup.
A private workspace for keeping the site current. Submit changes in plain English, preview edits on your live site, publish safely, and protect the design.
Recurring support that keeps the site from drifting. Monthly updates, priority support, performance checks, SEO recommendations, and brand consistency over time.
Saystage
Saystage is your website’s command center: update requests, live previews, approvals, analytics, support, and activity in one protected space.
Your website should not fall behind every time your business changes. Explore Saystage · View sample Saystage
Saystage · Trinosophes
Preview readyAdd this week’s Tuesdays at Trinosophes concert — doors 7pm, $15 at the door — update the café to closed Monday for the holiday, and post the new gallery exhibition opening Friday.
Open previewDescribe what needs updating — a new menu item, revised hours, an event, a service, a staff bio. Plain English, no technical tools.
See exactly how it looks on your real site before anything goes public. Review on desktop and mobile.
Approve and go live. Every change is logged so your team always knows what published and when.
Layout, photography, and complex design work stay with Core City. Your team handles the words; we guard the craft.
Our products
Every product starts as a real problem we solve for a client — then becomes something you can run yourself. Saystage keeps your site current. Voro locks your next release.
Who we build for
Menus, hours, reservations, events, and seasonal changes — kept current without breaking the design.
Services, providers, pricing, and availability updated as your practice evolves.
Shows, events, artists, and programming that changes week to week.
Collections, hours, locations, and announcements that need to move fast.
Contractors, designers, consultants, clinics, and real estate teams where trust and accuracy matter.
Businesses with taste and momentum — but no internal web team to keep the site aligned.
Selected work
From the choreographer behind Super Bowl halftimes to founder-led brands and local storefronts — brand-level design with structure built to last.
The Olu Company
Arts & cultural strategy
Vesper
Books & natural wine
Approach
Every engagement is scoped to what you actually need.
We start with a site assessment, learn how your business works, then propose a tailored scope — rebuild, Saystage, and ongoing care sized to you. No tiers to squeeze into, and every engagement includes hosting, security, and design protection.
FAQ
Premium local businesses that change often — restaurants, wellness brands, venues, studios, boutique retail, and service businesses that depend on trust, taste, and up-to-date information but don’t have an internal web team.
Your private workspace on corecity.dev. Request updates in plain English, preview them on your live site, and publish when ready. Design and layout stay protected by Core City.
There are no fixed plans. After a short site assessment we scope the work to your business — rebuild, Saystage, and ongoing care — and send a clear proposal before anything starts. You only pay for what your business actually needs.
Most sites launch in 2–4 weeks. Larger builds — booking, e-commerce, multiple locations — are scoped with a clear timeline before we start.
Yes. We’re based in Detroit. Premium local businesses anywhere can work with Core City — most projects run remotely with the same care and clarity.
Tell us about your business. We’ll review your current site, identify what’s falling behind, and show you what a Core City rebuild with Saystage would look like — no obligation.
What we assess
Design clarity · Mobile experience · Update friction · Local SEO · Conversion paths · Content accuracy
Prefer email? hello@corecity.dev
