Cursory search of devblogs turned up nothing, but I recall reading about proposed, future Upwell structures providing intel services like local… or maybe it’s just early-onset dementia for me? 
edit: OCD drove me to find EVE Fanfest 2018 - Structures Presentation ~37:15 mark, CCP Fozzie talks about future Upwell structures serving intel functions relating to local. IMO, it’d be cool to have Observatory/local chat structures targeted as the 1st phase of invasion…
edit: and this “Back Into the Structure” 2015-03-21 - By CCP Ytterbium - EVE dev-blogs was where I first read about the player-owned local concept.
OCD dis-engaged.