This Sunday afternoon in the Jeudevine Memorial Library’s new Parker Ladd Community Room, The Hardwick Gazette will be holding the second in our series of community conversations with each of the towns we cover.
During this conversation we hope to share some of what you may not already know about The Gazette, but, most importantly, we want to hear from readers about the things you’d like to see more of, or less of.
Like the conversation in Greensboro this past May, we’ll begin with a brief history of Northeast Kingdom Public Journalism’s work since it became The Gazette’s publisher, almost 20 months ago.
I’ll share some of how we go about collecting information for the content that appears each week and how we structure our stories, followed by a tour of The Gazette’s online presence, with at least a few new tricks for even the most web-savvy among you.
We’ll include a quick overview of the Gazette’s finances, though this gathering is most decidedly not intended to be a fundraiser.
We hope we’ll see residents, business owners, school teachers and officials, church members and members of civic and government organizations.
And, because we know what matters most, there will be beverages and snacks.
Not unlike many nonprofits, we have lots more we could do than our funding allows at any given moment. We hope these gatherings build a relationship with the communities we serve and thus begin to set us on a more sustainable foundation as our board and organization matures.
Paul Fixx, editor
Paul Fixx is editor of The Hardwick Gazette and lives in Hardwick.
