We say this for a number of reasons. The Village Chronicles does not have the customary overhead expenses of an ordinary business. Almost all of our labor is voluntary; we are not saddled with a mortgage or rent; and many of the other costs incident to publishing a newspaper are at little or minimal expense. Our largest continuous costs are printing and postage, both of which are necessary to the production and distribution of a printed paper.
Why not rely totally on the website to disseminate information, you ask? The reason is simple. The demographics of Warrenville still include a sizable percentage of residents who have been brought up in a newspaper world and like to get their hands on a paper that deals primarily with their community.
Nevertheless, no one is more cognizant of the power of the internet than we are. We have been fortunate, in fact extremely lucky, to be able to avail ourselves of several individuals who are enormously talented when it comes to the electronic media. We intend to take full advantage, to use our website to exponentially expose the content of the paper and Warrenville businesses to anyone and everyone who might be interested. Over the holidays we began to institute some changes in the website, but we are just beginning.
In the near future, the site will become the home to videos, pictures and other graphics exposing our merchants and other businesses to all who wish to view them, as well as to many who are “guided” to the site.
We strongly believe that this concept, this blend of print and cyberspace, will produce a product that we and you our readers can be proud of, to the point where it becomes an institution in the community.
This takes a while to accomplish, and so we ask that each of you donate $12 to our cause, which on an annual basis would be the equivalent of one dollar per month. Obviously we will not get 100 percent participation, so if you feel you can give more, you will be making up for those who choose not to or who cannot afford it.
Please send your donation to the Village Chronicles,
Whatever you decide to do, we are grateful for your interest, and we thank you.
