localconcern

noun
UK /ˈləʊkəl kənˈsɜːn/
US /ˈloʊkəl kənˈsɝːn/

A local concern is a problem or worry about the place where you live.

The broken streetlight was a local concern for the neighbors.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A business or group that only works in one small area.

The family shop is a local concern that serves the whole street.

3. Something that only people in one place care about.

Fixing the park bench was a local concern, not a national one.

4. A feeling of worry shared by people in the same town or area.

There was local concern about the new road.