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Happy birthday to us
08/10/2007 6:10 AM by John M
Three years ago today this site launched with a story about a coffee shop. Three years, 897 posts, 4,030 comments, and 3 page designs later, this site has succeeded beyond my hopes.
All of you that comment, share articles, and/or send info to be posted have made chpn the living, thriving environment that it is, and for that I thank you. The community involvement has made this site a model for other community blogs that have come about over the past year, including Hills and Heights, West of the Boulevard News, Petersburg People’s News, North Richmond News, Carver & Jackson Ward News, the Fan District Hub, and a few more that aren’t quite live yet.
screenshot from December 2004 (with one of the most lurid headlines)
screenshot from August 2006
and here we are today…
TAGGED: chpn
Congrats on this milestone! I enjoy visiting your site daily, along with your sister sites, and catching up with the “going-on’s” around Richmond.
Keep up the excellent work. We thank YOU for such a valuable and appreciated resource!
Regards,
Kory
Congrats John!
Founding father of the “new media”!!!
Happy Birthday CHPN!
Kimmy
Congratulations, John, and thanks for your continuing donation of time and hard work!
We should have thrown a party!
Thanks, John, for all you do!
congratulations on the milestone. your work in our community is appreciated.
Congrats! I look at this site daily.THANK YOU!
All the best on your site’s birthday!! I moved to the West End and I still read the site daily. Please keep up the good work.
Thanks for the nice words, everybody. I get a real kick out of doing this, and the community participation is what really makes this site work. Thanks!
congratulations!!
You have created a great sense of community with this site. Thanks for all your hard work!