Welcome to Charlottesville Virginia.com!
By Peter Askew | June 1, 2008
Howdy.
What you see here is our humble first post on Charlottesville Virginia.com. We’re new. Brand spankin’ new, actually. And we couldn’t be more excited.
The site’s purpose is pretty darn simple: Share all the unique local stories of Charlottesville. The stories that never seem to see the light of day. From the University, to local business, and into the community.
Actually, it might be easier to describe us in regards to what we won’t be doing. We ain’t your source for late-breaking news. We don’t know what the afternoon commute looks like. And we don’t care what the weather’s like outside.
We like human interest stories. Slice-of-life topics. Background on what makes Charlottesville hummm. And that’s what we hope to provide here. For local citizens. For students & alumni of UVA. And for anyone that’s moved away, but left their heart in this gem of a city.
And we’re not English majors, or professional writers either. We’re regular ole folks like you. Folks who like to write and share, and have a passion for publishing.
That’s the foundation of this site. Our mission statement, so to say.
That, in a nutshell, is where we are. And we’re darn excited about where we’re headed.
This announcement marks our soft-launch, though. Full launch is planned for Fall of 2008. Ie. we’ll begin publishing regular stories at that time…
On that point, we’re looking for other like-minded individuals. Locals who’d like to contribute to a grass-roots publication covering all things Charlottesville. If you’d like to contribute to our fine publication here, we’d love to hear from you. If it sounds interesting, check our ‘Write For Us’ page for more details.
Thanks for dropping by, though. And be sure to either bookmark us, save us as an RSS Feed, or - better yet - make us your homepage (what could be better than revisiting Charlottesville every day when you jump on the interwebnet?).
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