Publisher’s Letter

VOLUME 18 | NUMBER 5

(805) 239-1533 PASOMAGAZINE.COM publisher@pasomagazine.com MAIL: P.O. Box 3996 Paso Robles, CA 93447

OFFICE: 1244 Pine St. Suite 204 Paso Robles, CA 93446 PUBLISHER & EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Nicholas Mattson publisher@pasomagazine.com

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“Whatever your mind can conceive and believe the mind can achieve regardless of how many times you may have failed in the past”

— Napoleon Hill

Has it been a year already? Yep, we are officially 12 months into our ownership of PASO Magazine and we are thrilled about where we are going. We’ve taken some big steps forward for … and we are really just getting started. We took over with the October 2017 issue, went glossy in December, made a splash in January with a polar bear dip cover and our inaugural Taste of PASO restaurant issue (watch out for our second annual! It will be even bigger).

We added a couple of columnists to give our young parents some ideas about activities and outings with the kids, with Tonya Strickland of Two In Tow and Sarah Pope with Pope X 3. As a member of the community, we’ve partnered with the Chamber of Commerce, Paso Robles Event Center and California Mid-State Fair, and continued to support our Downtown Paso Robles Main Street Association. We also continued our focus on our local nonprofit organizations, including Loaves & Fishes, Food Bank, Studios on the Park, Paderewski Festival, Paso Robles Youth Arts Foundation, and other events throughout the year.

My wife and I serve on multiple boards as directors and volunteers and we know how much work goes into providing services to those in need, or producing community-centered events that make our community great. Some might want to Make America Great Again, and that sound wonderful, but around here, we have a long history of working together for a great community, and we just want to do what we can to Keep North SLO County Great … and make it even better.

We are moving into our second year with a full head of steam and a few more great things we are excited to release as a service to our communi - ty. We are certainly a community favorite, and we appreciate everyone’s encour agement as we made the changes to PASO Magazine that we hoped would improve the community, are presentation of Paso Robles to visitors, and the support that our local businesses and advertisers deserve for supporting such a great community asset.

From all of us at PASO Magazine, we thank you for your support and hope we continue to exceed your expectations of what a community publication can do!.

Please enjoy this issue of PASO Magazine. Nicholas Mattson 805-239-1533 nic@pasomagazine.com

If thou wouldest win Immortality of Name, either do things worth the writing, or write things worth the reading.

— Thomas Fuller, 1727