10 Year Reflection

tomjeanneWhile many of you will be heading off for spring break on April 1, my wife, Jeanne, and I will be toasting with a bottle of champagne to commemorate our 10-year anniversary of the Geist Community Newsletter. It was 10 years ago this month that our four kids were huddled around the kitchen table assembling our first issue that was mailed out to just over 2,800 homeowners around Geist. We left for Hilton Head the following day on spring break and the rest was history. Today, we mail more than 11,000 copies here at Geist and have eight other publications around town for a combined 100,000 newsletters a month.

When we started, Jeanne was working part-time as a business manager for a local consulting firm. I was working at a local web design company downtown and had just landed a consulting gig with the world’s largest publishing company in Bloomington. Five years later, we were both fortunate enough to be able to focus all of our energy on what we loved: the Geist Community Newsletter. Since that time, we’ve seen exponential growth beyond anything we ever imagined. Call it the right time at the right place. Call it luck or just good old-fashioned hard work. We call it a blessing, and we are treasuring every moment.

In this issue, we asked a sampling of people who have been so supportive over the last 10 years for their thoughts and reflections. Some are longtime advertisers, writers, friends, family or, in most cases, all of the above. We also picked our “Top 10” cover stories highlighting events, charities and news stories that helped put atGeist.com on the map.

To everyone who has encouraged us and taken the time to call or write emails of appreciation, thank you! If you would be so kind, please go to our Facebook page and post your top story, most memorable atGeist.com moment or favorite memory. We live in the best community in the world, and I’m proud of what we have built together over the last 10 years. Here’s a toast to you and a heartfelt thank-you. Just think of what will happen over the next 10 years.

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