[0:01] woodbury is a bustling city of 80,000 [0:03] residents and like most cities there's a [0:05] lot of things happening because of its [0:07] size it can be difficult to connect to [0:09] the community and find out what's going [0:11] on thankfully there's a news source that [0:14] gathers all this information sorts [0:16] through it and puts it into one well [0:18] organized space woodbury NewsNET is an [0:21] opportunity for our neighbors the people [0:23] of Woodbury to have a chance to know [0:25] what's going on in our city woodbury [0:27] NewsNet connects people in many [0:29] different ways it's hyper local so [0:31] people get the news about Woodbury [0:34] woodbury NewsNet is a new local [0:36] nonprofit whose goal is to provide an [0:38] independent news source that as their [0:40] mission statement says strengthens the [0:42] bond of community one story at a time it [0:46] was founded by a group of residents who [0:47] felt that there was a need in the [0:49] community for hyper localal coverage [0:51] after the Woodbury Bulletin closed four [0:53] or five years ago it became so clear we [0:56] were missing really crucial information [0:58] that simply isn't provided by any of the [1:00] other news outlets the loss of the [1:02] Woodbury Bulletin was a real problem in [1:04] our community woodbury Newset helps fill [1:07] the void that the Woodbury Bulletin left [1:09] providing coverage of city government [1:11] public safety community interest stories [1:13] events happening around town and a whole [1:16] lot more if you want to know what's [1:17] going on at Woodbury we have a great [1:19] source for you we have a weekly [1:22] newsletter the roundabout and you can [1:24] find out what's happening so sign up we [1:28] had our first online newsletter [1:31] published in the first week of August of [1:33] 2024 after about 7 8 weeks we opened up [1:38] our website our website is the easiest [1:41] way to connect with us [1:42] woodburynewset.org [1:44] you can find past issues of the [1:46] roundabout there and you can actually [1:48] find the separate stories too that [1:50] appear in the newsletter [1:52] in a little over a year more than 2,700 [1:55] residents have subscribed to the free [1:57] roundabout and Woodbury NewsNet is [1:59] looking for more just go to woodbury [2:01] newswet.org and sort of check it out [2:03] make sure you're subscribing to the [2:05] roundabout the other thing you can do is [2:07] if you know you're interested you can [2:09] send an email to [2:12] volunteernewset.org or and that's a [2:14] great way to get plugged in to find out [2:16] what some of the opportunities are we [2:18] are looking for volunteer writers we are [2:20] looking for uh other ways that people [2:24] would like to volunteer or help just [2:26] send us an email and we can take it from [2:29] there the community reaction to Woodbury [2:32] NewsNet has been extremely positive [2:34] editors and reporters out in the [2:35] community receive positive comments [2:37] regularly it's a subtle way to be an [2:39] active participant in Woodbury so if [2:42] you're one of the 80,000 who want to [2:43] know more about your city subscribe to [2:45] the Roundabout and Woodbury Newset [2:48] local media means local it's all about [2:51] Woodbury and we try to keep it like that