Hi Everyone,
Behind the scenes for the past few months we have been working on a secret project, one that I guess will not be secret for that much longer!
I am pleased to announce that we will soon be launching another new newspaper!
As I’m sure many of you are aware, we opened Burdekin Life Newspaper last September and it has since become a fantastic success, delivering valued community news to Home Hill, Ayr and surrounding communities.
Burdekin Life was initiated by a community member and representative of the Burdekin Economic Committee, Neil Williams, who had seen Mackay and Whitsunday Life Newspaper and wanted us to bring something similar to his community.
He called us one day saying that the Burdekin no longer had a weekly newspaper and people were feeling disconnected, no longer informed on community news, no longer having a central voice, or a platform where everyone could connect.
In May this year we received another similar phone call, this time it was from Ramon Jayo, the Mayor of the Hinchinbrook.
He detailed a similar story, stating that some of his constituents had seen Burdekin Life Newspaper and brought it back to the region to show him, asking if they could have the same.
Ramon invited us to the region to see if a newspaper was viable and when we arrived, we were once again greeted by a vibrant, warm and loving regional community who were thrilled to hear what we were planning.
Obviously, a lot of work goes into starting up a free newspaper and thanks to the local business community – our Founding Advertising Partners – we are moving forward with our plans to launch Hinchinbrook Life Newspaper on November 26.
This exciting expansion would not have been possible without this community, the community where it all started just over four years ago - thank you to all our local advertisers who keep this newspaper going and give us all a connection that we are now able to help facilitate in other regional communities.
Rach
“A newspaper is one of the tent poles of the community and that’s not going to be replaced by websites or blogs” (Michael Connelly)
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