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MARKET TEAM GENERAL MANAGER Heather Demere EDITOR Eric Weilbacher REPORTERS Sierra Martin, Amira Van Leeuwen GRAPHIC DESIGNER Roger Ibanez ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Kayla Brooks METRO LEADERSHIP PUBLISHER Travis Baker MANAGING EDITOR William C. Wadsack COPY EDITOR Kasey Salisbury ART PRODUCTION MANAGER Rachal Elliott CONTACT US 16225 Impact Way, Ste. 1, P ugerville, TX 78660 • 512 989 6808 CI CAREERS communityimpact.com/careers PRESS RELEASES nbfnews@communityimpact.com ADVERTISING nbfads@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 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.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS MONTH
FROM HEATHER: Our front-page story in this edition—written by Reporter Sierra Martin—tells the story of how local hospitals are investing and preparing for the increase in demand for women’s health services. The number of babies being born per month has doubled in the last couple of years. We also provide a feature on the Lone Star Float House & Grill. If you have not tried a cheeseburger from them, I highly recommend it. See our dining feature on Page 31.
Heather Demere, GENERAL MANAGER
FROM ERIC: In this edition, we o er a feature on how the Pak Medical Center is bringing together specialists in a way that is more typical of a full hospital (see Page 25) as well as a report on how some physicians in New Braunfels are giving subscription-based health care a try (see Page 21). Our 2023 Health Care Edition o ers a lot of timely information for New Braunfels readers to consider. We also highlight Hound Haus, a luxury canine boarding business in New Braunfels (see Page 29). Eric Weilbacher, EDITOR
Meet Travis Baker
Austin Metro Publisher
What’s your typical day as a CI Publisher? TB: One thing I love about my job is that no two days are the same, each lled with new challenges and opportunities. On average, my day starts with some internal meetings. Next, I am in the eld riding along with a sales rep to help pitch a local business as to why our advertising portfolio is the best investment they can make. Then I’m at a chamber networking event, and throughout the day I may be mixing in some editorial decisions on late breaking content, scheduling future stories, etc. Each day my calendar is booked, but rarely is there a day playing out as planned.
What’s your favorite memory working for CI? TB: I’ve had many great memories over my 13 years. One that sticks out the most is when we launched a paper in my hometown of New Braunfels and saw the emails ooding in after our rst delivery. I started documenting them, and when I got to page seven or eight, I realized it was never going to end. The launch was rewarding for myself and also the community.
Where might CI expand to next in your metro? TB: Good question. We have quite a few fans out there, and they are not shy to let us know where we’re needed. I’ve heard from people in Waco, Killeen, Temple, Bastrop and Highland Lakes, to name a few. I look forward to the day that every community across Texas has Community Impact serving it.
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