diff --git a/make/init_local b/make/init_local
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..75ee1ccf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make/init_local
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -exuo pipefail
+. make/lib.sh
+
+make/install_web
+ensure_venv
+./manage.py testdata
+./manage.py loaddata data/*
+make/sync_prod_flatpages