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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 30 localized editions across Texas to more than 2.4 million residential mailboxes. MARKET TEAM GENERAL MANAGER Heather Demere EDITOR Eric Weilbacher REPORTER Sierra Martin SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER Rachal Elliott ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Kayla Brooks METRO LEADERSHIP PUBLISHER Travis Baker MANAGING EDITOR Wendy Sturges COPY CHIEF Andy Comer ART PRODUCTION MANAGER Lindsay Scott CONTACT US 16225 Impact Way, Ste. 1, Pflugerville, 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 PODCAST communityimpact.com/podcast 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
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS MONTH
FROM HEATHER: This fall weather has been mighty pleasant. Perfect for fun times at Wurstfest this year! Daylight savings ends Sunday November 6th and Election Day is Tuesday Nov. 8. In this issue we have included a gift guide and a volunteer guide as well as a feature on a locally owned bookstore, The Book Haus. Next month we will include a senior living guide. For advertising inquiries, email us at nbfads@communityimpact.com. Heather Demere, GENERAL MANAGER
FROM ERIC: What will Castell Avenue eventually look like, and what will it offer? Reporter Sierra Martin delves into the plans in our front cover story this month. We have seen many iterations of these plans over the years, but due to the deal with Union Pacific going forward and moving the rail yard out of downtown, what was theoretically possible now seems more likely as each piece of the puzzle falls in place (see Pages 32-33). Eric Weilbacher, EDITOR
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