localCh := make(chan event.Event, globalAPIConfig.getRequestsPoolCapacity())

	// Convert local messages to JSON and send to mergeCh
	go func() {
		buf := bytes.NewBuffer(grid.GetByteBuffer()[:0])
		enc := json.NewEncoder(buf)
		tmpEvt := struct{ Records []event.Event }{[]event.Event{{}}}
		for {
			select {
			case ev := <-localCh:
				buf.Reset()
				tmpEvt.Records[0] = ev