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ABOUT US Owners John and Jennifer Garrett launched Community Impact in 2005, and the company is still locally owned today. We have expanded to include hundreds of team members and have created our own software platform and printing facility. CI delivers 35+ localized editions across Texas to more than 2.5 million residential mailboxes. MARKET TEAM GENERAL MANAGER Lexi Canivel EDITOR Cody Thorn REPORTERS Mark Fadden, Hannah Johnson GRAPHIC DESIGNER Nicolas Delgadillo METRO LEADERSHIP PUBLISHER Leanne Libby MANAGING EDITOR Miranda Jaimes MANAGING COPY EDITOR Beth Marshall ART PRODUCTION MANAGER Chelsea Peters CONTACT US 7460 Warren Parkway, Ste. 160 Frisco, TX 75034 • 214-618-9001 CI CAREERS communityimpact.com/careers PRESS RELEASES gcsnews@communityimpact.com ADVERTISING gcsads@communityimpact.com Learn more at communityimpact.com/advertising EMAIL NEWSLETTERS communityimpact.com/newsletter SUPPORT US Join your neighbors by giving to the CI Patron program. Funds support our journalistic mission to provide trusted, local news in your community. Learn more at communityimpact.com/cipatron
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CORRECTION: Volume 13, Issue 2 In a story on the cover titled “New leader needed for Tarrant Appraisal Board,” a quote was misattributed and was actually said by Tarrant Appraisal District Chief Appraiser Jeff Law. FROM CODY: We are in the middle of a handful of special sections, starting with the Health Care Edition. There are a lot of issues we could’ve covered here, but we went with mental health and the impact a new mental health hospital in the JPS Health Network means to area residents. The Tarrant County Commissioners Court recently changed a list of crimes that people could avoid going to jail for and get help at a mental hospital facility instead. Health care experts say that is a great first step to address what is an area in need. Read about it on Pages 20-21. Cody Thorn, EDITOR FROM LEXI: Summer is here and vacations have begun. Before you head out, I encourage you to sign up for our daily newsletter called CI Morning Impact. You can sign up by going to communityimpact.com/newsletter to get daily updates and breaking news delivered right to your inbox so you don't miss a thing. Wishing you a great summer! Lexi Canivel, GENERAL MANAGER
Meet Leanne Libby
Dallas - Fort Worth Metro Publisher
What’s your favorite memory working for CI? LL: Day two of the Plano paper hitting homes for the first time ... I sat at a temporary desk in our new DFW headquarters—we had just moved in—and took phone calls and fielded emails for eight hours straight. People had just received us for the first time and were excited to share feedback and ask questions. It was clear we had a bright future here! Days like that are repeated, in some form, every time we enter a new community, and it’s energizing and rewarding for our team after all the hard work that goes into growth.
How do you spend your free time in the area? LL: It’s changed over the years as my husband and I age. We used to go out almost every weekend to hear live local music at all the fun venues around town. Nowadays it’s youth sports fields and children’s theater with the kids. We’re sporty and artsy, and DFW has so much to offer.
Aside from Community Impact, what have you read recently? LL: I’ve leaned into podcasts. Anything by Malcolm Gladwell or Adam Grant is on my “must listen to” list. Email newsletters are booming for CI; why should readers subscribe? LL: Who doesn’t want to be the smartest and most informed person in their neighborhood?! We hear from our subscribers that the Morning Impact’s quick, simple content pieces fuel their day with awareness. The emails are really useful and help them feel connected.
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