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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.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS MONTH
MARKET TEAM GENERAL MANAGER Papar Faircloth SENIOR EDITOR Jake Magee REPORTER Daniel Weeks
FROM PAPAR: Happy New Year! Our Annual Community Guide is a great way to start the new year. Every January we compile a list of locally owned businesses and restaurants that opened the previous year (see Page 10) as well as looking ahead at the top city and county, transportation and education stories to watch in 2023. We love hearing from our readers, so if you have any news you’d like for us to cover, please email us at plfnews@communityimpact.com. Papar Faircloth, GENERAL MANAGER
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FROM KELLY: Our front-page story this month looks at how local leaders will seek funding this year for the long-awaited Texas Coastal Barrier project. The multibillion-dollar project could gain funding from the Texas Legislature this year, as the session kicked o Jan. 10. While Editor Jake Magee is on paternity leave, I’m happy to get to work more closely with your community again this year. Shoot me an email at kscha er@communityimpact.com with any story ideas. Kelly Scha er, MANAGING EDITOR
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Cheers to your rst newspaper of the new year! Community Impact is also celebrating 2023 by welcoming our 100,000th email subscriber. If you don't receive the CI Morning Impact to your inbox yet, you're missing out. Our emails include everything you need to know about local government, new businesses coming to your area, dining hotspots and events. When you sign up as a new subscriber this Jan. 10-Feb. 10, we'll thank you by entering your email into a drawing to receive a gift basket featuring a CI shirt, jacket and hat, plus other surprise goodies to keep you on trend all year. One winner will be announced in each of the four metro areas we serve: Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio*.
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