New year brings new changes and goal
New year brings new changes and goal
Written by John Garrett Saturday, 07 January 2006
It was interesting to sit in on the last Pflugerville City Council meeting of 2005 and hear the council members discuss their goals for 2006. As we launch into the new year, we want to be a better newspaper as well and we are setting goals and making changes. To do this we listen to our readers.
Here are some of the things we are hearing: A husband of a Pflugerville teacher calls and tells us that his wife reads our history column to her students; a Speech therapist stops by our office to report that she uses the paper to help her students; a 20-something married woman in Pflugerville, who admits that she would never subscribe to a newspaper, says she relies on our paper to stay up with what is going on around her; and a 30-year resident of Round Rock, who is also a non-newspaper subscriber, tells us that getting our newspaper is something she looks forward to receiving in the mail.
Because of these positive responses, we see that we are meeting our goals. However, businesses improve by making changes. One change that we view as positive is moving our Savings Magazine to the back to make it more convenient for our readers. This will allow for the savings to be found more easily.
We continue to receive nominations for the Impact Award. We have just lost someone who made a big impact on this community – Jimmy Joseph, Jr. There are those who disagreed with him on political issues. What can’t be refuted, though, was that Joseph had a positive impact on this community and he had a passion for this area. Anytime a community loses someone who longs to make the area better – and volunteers expertise to make it happen – the community loses more than just a citizen.
The Impact Award is about recognizing accomplishments of people who make a difference in our community. The award will go to an individual in Round Rock and an individual in Pflugerville who made a significant impact in these communities. We are still seeking nominations for this Award. You can e-mail me directly your nominations (jgarrett@impactnewspaper.com) or submit them online at impactnewspaper.com.
Finally, many of us begin the new year with aspirations to run or walk more to get in shape. In this issue we have identified and mapped the key trails in our community. This was a great idea from Impact reader Bo Thompson.
John Garrett, Publisher
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