Publisher's Note - June, 2006
Publisher's Note - June, 2006
Written by John Garrett Wednesday, 07 June 2006
Keeping it local and making it better
Since we launched this newspaper, we have highlighted 20 local businesses in our Closer Look at business features, reviewed 10 local restaurants, and announced numerous store openings and reported other local business news. The businesses have ranged from new retail stores to local retail legends – all with the hope of educating the community of the excellent local shopping choices.
Sixty-two thousand newspapers are sent out to interested readers each month in Round Rock and Pflugerville – by far the largest distribution of any newspaper in our area –thus creating the greatest hope of ringing local cash registers.
In case you read our paper and wonder, “Why am I getting this free?” or “When are they going to send me a subscription bill?” – rest easy. You won’t be receiving a bill from us. Our advertisers pay the way for you to get all this good local information. They see the value of a strong local business economy and they support what we are doing.
Two of our stories this month reflect the booming retail and development in our area. These projects always start somewhere. At a Pflugerville City Council meeting, I heard Sandy Rea tell the council, “This is my vision.”
It reminded me of a book I read by Andy Stanley called Visioneering which, as the author put it, was the art of bringing a vision to life. Our cities are blessed with visionaries, and we wanted to give you an inside look at a couple of local developers with visions.
Our talented staff has come up with four new features. Our Community Icon feature will highlight individuals that helped make this community a great place to live, work, and shop.
Our new Pop Quiz feature allows parents to ask their school district leaders questions that impact their children. Finally, we are bringing regional information about Cedar Park and Leander from our sister paper and printing stories we have posted on our Web site during the month about our community. The best source for local content on the web is www.impactnewspaper.com. You won’t find more comprehensive information about our community anywhere else.
John Garrett, Publisher
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