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MARKET TEAM GENERAL MANAGER Taylor Caranfa Stover 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. GRAPHIC DESIGNER Sabrina Musachia ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Beth Burton METRO LEADERSHIP PUBLISHER Travis Baker MANAGING EDITOR Amy Denney COPY EDITOR Kasey Salisbury SENIOR ART PRODUCTION MANAGER Haley Grace CONTACT US 16225 Impact Way Pflugerville, TX 78660 • 512-989-6808 CI CAREERS communityimpact.com/careers PRESS RELEASES cpfnews@communityimpact.com ADVERTISING cpfads@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 EDITOR Grace Dickens REPORTER Chloe Young ABOUT US Owners John and Jennifer Garrett launched
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FROM TAYLOR: Our hearts go out to those affected by the Parmer Lane brush fire Aug. 8th. Thank you to the 20+ agencies in Cedar Park, Austin, Leander and the greater Central Texas area who responded so quickly and who continue to take care of us. It is inspiring to see the community come together and help those whose homes were damaged or destroyed. Let’s continue to take care of each other, and be proactive in our water conservation and fire safety efforts in these harsh drought conditions in Central Texas. Read more about the fire and ongoing support efforts on Page 16. Taylor Caranfa Stover, GENERAL MANAGER tstover@communityimpact.com
FROM GRACE: Welcome to our annual Education Edition! In this issue, we shed light on the ongoing difficulties at local schools to staff auxiliary positions and ways districts are staying afloat in the midst of rising costs and little support from the Texas Legislature. We also provide some insight on charter schools, new school rating systems and more. On Page 35, we also take a look into Helios Fused Glass Studio, a studio and classroom space that offers artists the ability to experiment with the versatile art form of fused glass. As always, thank you for reading! Grace Dickens, EDITOR gdickens@communityimpact.com
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