Our Team

Troy Warren is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of LOCAL CITY PLACES LLC, a technology-powered media and marketing company dedicated to connecting LOCAL businesses with the communities they serve. As the visionary behind the City LIVING Magazine Network, MarketLOCK360™, and the broader LOCAL City Places ecosystem, Troy is building a new model for community publishing, Merchant marketing, and consumer engagement across the United States.

An entrepreneur, publisher, and author, Troy has long championed the importance of building lasting customer relationships rather than relying solely on traditional advertising. His business philosophy centers on creating meaningful connections between businesses and their customers, helping independent Merchants develop stronger community relationships, increased visibility, and sustainable growth.

Troy is the author of Creating Customers For Life, originally written in 2007, and its updated edition, Creating Customers For Life™: Winning Customers in the Age of AI. His KEEP Philosophy™ emphasizes the importance of customer loyalty, relationship-building, and delivering ongoing value—principles that have become foundational to the LOCAL City Places business model.

Through LOCAL City Places, Troy is bringing together traditional PRINT publishing and emerging artificial intelligence technologies. The company’s integrated platform includes City LIVING Digital & PRINT magazines, MarketLOCK360™ Merchant marketing, direct-mail advertising, AI-powered Merchant Pages, Digital Twin technology, LOCAL commerce marketplaces, and consumer engagement programs.

As CEO, Troy leads the company’s long-term vision, strategic partnerships, national expansion, publishing initiatives, and technology innovation. His goal is to establish a lasting national network of LOCAL community publications and marketing platforms that help Merchants compete more effectively while encouraging consumers to LIVE LOCAL, SHOP LOCAL, and SUPPORT LOCAL.

Troy’s leadership philosophy is reflected in the company’s defining commitment:

A Human FIRST Ai Powered Company.

He believes technology should empower people, strengthen businesses, and create opportunities—not replace the human relationships that make communities thrive.

Under his leadership, LOCAL City Places is being developed with a long-term commitment to sustainable growth, employee opportunity, Merchant success, and an enduring company that can continue serving communities for generations.

Norris Lozano brings more than 40 years of legal, corporate, financial, and executive leadership experience to LOCAL City Places. A Texas attorney since 1982, Norris has built a distinguished career spanning corporate and commercial law, business formation, real estate transactions, institutional finance, taxation, regulatory matters, and complex investment structures.

During his career, Norris spent 18 years in institutional legal practice in Dallas, representing some of Texas’s largest financial institutions in matters involving commercial finance, real estate, banking, mortgage lending, taxation, and regulatory compliance. His experience includes structuring sophisticated commercial transactions and advising businesses and financial institutions on complex legal and financial matters.

From 2003 through 2007, Norris served as Chief Executive Officer, President, and General Counsel of the Portland Family of Funds, a $350 million public-private real estate development fund. Under his leadership, the organization secured $180 million in New Markets Tax Credit allocation authority from the U.S. Treasury and participated in structuring and closing more than $1.1 billion in transactions. His work has also been associated with nationally recognized urban redevelopment and sustainable development projects.

Norris is the founding attorney of Lozano Legal Advisors PLLC, based in Dallas, Texas. He earned his Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University School of Law and is admitted to practice in Texas, before the United States Tax Court, and before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. His professional background also includes executive education in Artificial Intelligence for Business Executives through the University of California, Berkeley.

His Role at LOCAL City Places

As General Counsel of LOCAL CITY PLACES LLC, Norris provides strategic legal leadership for the company’s expanding national operations across the contiguous 48 United States. His responsibilities include corporate governance, commercial agreements, regulatory compliance, intellectual property protection, advertising partnerships, business transactions, and long-term corporate planning. Norris also coordinates a network of qualified legal professionals in other states, helping ensure that state-specific legal matters receive appropriate local expertise while maintaining consistent corporate oversight. His combined experience as an attorney, corporate executive, and financial strategist provides an important foundation as LOCAL City Places builds a nationally recognized, AI-powered community publishing and Merchant marketing network designed for sustainable growth and long-term continuity.