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I would have looked at you like you had three heads. But because of the tremendous growth we’ve experienced and the overwhelming support from our readers and advertisers, we are in a position to expand. I am not at liberty to divulge our plans yet, but suffice it to say there are exciting things on the horizon. We think Asheboro should have all the cool things that bigger cities like New York, Boston, Dallas and L.A. have minus the population and urban sprawl. There are many voids in the area of hyper-local media here in Asheboro and I will say that our plans include filling some of them. One of the downsides to growing rapidly is learning to adapt to and managing the increased workload. It is inevitable that we are going to make mistakes. After all, we are human. In fact, we’ve made quite a few mistakes already. I see things that we missed during the editing process every time I pick up a magazine. Sherry assures me that most people won’t see what I see, but that doesn’t keep me from finding the flaws and making sure they don’t
show up in subsequent issues. It is and has always been our goal to put out a better magazine each and every month and I have been told by many that we are doing just that. One thing that I would have been able to predict a year ago is that we, as publishers, would stay true to our mission, which is to inform, entertain, educate and enlighten our readers with a fresh upbeat, positive and inspirational perspective. However, we would not be able to do this without all the people that have contributed editorial, pictures or just the time it takes to tell us about a potential story. Our goal from the very beginning was to make Asheboro Magazine a celebration of this great city we call home. Without the voice of that people the live and work here, we would not be able to accomplish this. Words simply cannot express how thankful we are for everyone that has contributed something to help us make our magazine a fair representation of life in Asheboro. Since our anniversary isn’t until August, I will continue this in next
month’s dave 2.0. I knew the list of those we wanted to thank was going to be long, but the more words I write the more daunting the task becomes. If, in our endeavor to express our gratitude, we miss someone, please don’t take offense. There have been so many people that have helped us get here that it is almost impossible to single everyone out. And, as we’ve discovered, there are those that are helping us without wanting any recognition at all. If you are one of those people, thank you from the very bottom of our hearts. Thank you for being part of the Asheboro Magazine family. Thank you for reading our magazine every month. Thank you for the story ideas and information you’ve so generously shared. Thank you for thinking local first and showing our advertisers that investing their marketing dollars with us makes sense. But most of all, thank you for making us feel so welcome here. We are proud to be a part of the community and thrilled to call Asheboro home.
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