Join us: Celebrate your community

I live in Heritage Hill. It’s a great community and I have fabulous neighbors. Many of them have been there as long as I have – 38 years!  It’s my neighborhood.

Or is it?

I’m just four blocks from Heartside, where I can watch sporting events and see big-time performers on stage. I’m just four blocks from South Hill, where I attend church. I’m a block from East Hills, where my kids played in Cherry Park as they grew up. I’m four blocks from Midtown, where I ride my bicycle to shop at the market on Saturdays. My daughter received high-quality child care in Baxter, where I could walk her to “school.” And I’m a short bike ride from Eastown, where I can enjoy one of the best breakfasts in town.

In reality, my neighborhood is bigger than Heritage Hill. And that’s where The Rapidian comes in for me. I pretty much know what’s going on in Heritage Hill through the efforts of our Association staff and by connecting with neighbors. But the other places where I like to spend time – not so much. The Rapidian keeps me up to speed on what’s happening in my broader neighborhood. It connects me in ways that I’ve never experienced in the mainstream media.

A couple years ago I became a citizen reporter and watched how The Rapidian trains its volunteer citizen journalists and nurtures their blooming craft. It’s truly a grassroots, people-powered effort. But while it makes impressive use of volunteers, organizations that depend on them usually need a few staff to keep everything together and fill in the gaps. That’s why our financial support is so critical.

Won’t you join me and scores of others in supporting the Rapidian?

It’s for our neighborhood. It’s for our future. It’s for you.

Thank you!