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 Happy Birthday to everyone who enjoys iBrattleboro. It was 9 years ago today that the site began. To celebrate the start of year nine, tell me something:
1. When and how did you first hear about the site?
2. Do you have any all-time favorite iBrattleboro stories, comments, topics, etc.? Anything matter, or make a difference to you?
3. How should we celebrate the 10th anniversary next year?
Lise and I started the site as an experiment in crowd-sourcing local news and for that to work there had to be a crowd of some sort. We’ve found since then that local issues and events often drive people’s desire to share and communicate. The crowd grew naturally over time.
The concept is simple: if everyone contributes what they know, then we can all know everything.
Over 2,413 have registered to contribute news, events, or commentary, with 19,898 stories,
Thank you to everyone who writes. I love reading what you have to say. I’m proud of those who choose to share news and opinion, share information, ask questions, and provide some comfort and occasional amusement for their neighbors. You shape the town we live in.
Thank you to everyone who uses the calendar. You've made it the most popular destination for local event information.
For those who read, but haven’t yet written anything, I thank you, too. Jump in anytime, the water’s fine.
95,650 comments, 7,991 events, and over 37 million page views.
Thank you to our advertisers, reaching between 30-40,000 unique visitors a month.
Thank you all, and happy birthday to you. (I’m not quite up to making cakes for thousands of people, but I’m trying...)
Keep up the great work!
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said.. something about a surprise in the works, so I
kept buying the Reformer until the secret was revealed.
Of course, I'm nine years oldER so my memory may be
off the mark?
~ Happy Birthday ~