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Friday, February 16, 2007
Help Support Columbus RetroMetro
If you are a loyal reader and visitor to RetroMetro and have found it useful as a resource over the past few years, then I have reached my first main objective: I've provided a tool to help you stay in the loop with downtown revitalization and the happenings in our urban communities and neighborhoods.
Behind the scenes, I've also been working with various urban community organizations to help them use the web to communicate more effectively in an effort to boost the promotion of our urban neighborhoods and communities.
The good news is, I've only really just gotten started.
Now, I presenting an opportunity by which you can help me evolve RetroMetro and develop even more tools and resources which will allow me to expand my services both on the site and by consulting with various urban neighborhoods in an effort to communicate, educate and engage more people on the benefits of urban living in Columbus.
Here's what you can do today:
Make a Small Donation
$5, $10, $100...anything helps. Your contributions help to defer the costs of paying for the web server, software and other related costs for items I use to build and maintain RetroMetro. I do sell ads on the site, but being that I don't have a salesperson, those are few and far between. Your contributions will be put to good use and allow me the resources I need to make headway.
Talk to Me
If you can't make room in your budget, you can still help by dropping me a line an letting me know that you find the site useful. I consider those to be the "spiritual dollars" that have helped get RetroMetro this far. Share your thoughts about RetroMetro and any ideas you may have to make the site greater still.
Buy a Banner Ad
If you are a Realtor, a developer, a mortgage broker, an architect or any other urban stakeholder or business owner that has a business, and if you find any benefit from the use of RetroMetro, you can help by simply buying a BANNER ADVERTISEMENT. Starting at $50 a month, you not only support the RetroMetro mission and ensure that I am able to continue my efforts, you also get some advertisement for your business.
Your support, thanks and words of encouragement continue to keep me going, and anything you can do to continue in that vein is much appreciated.
As always, thanks for reading and the continued support.
Paul Bonneville
Founder
Columbus RetroMetro
Posted by Paul Bonneville on February 16, 2007 | Permalink
Comments
Your site is simply a liberal electronic rag, as recent past actions clearly reveal. You need to step it up quite a bit before anyone with an ounce of sense would help promote the site.
Posted by: joshua | Feb 18, 2007 2:00:51 PM
What exactly do you mean by "liberal"? Is this site not pro-suburbia/exurb, anti-rail enough for your tastes?
Posted by: Columbusite | Feb 18, 2007 3:07:51 PM
Sorry you feel that way joshua.
Posted by: Paul Bonneville | Feb 18, 2007 8:26:41 PM
Wow! That comment actually makes me want to donate!
Brush off the comment above as ignorance and keep up the great work with the site Paul!
Posted by: Eric | Feb 19, 2007 7:30:18 AM
What "past actions?" The promotion of small business enterprise, the advertising for multi-million dollar real estate investors, or is it the multitude of links to those left-wing periodicals known as the Columbus Dispatch and Columbus Business First? I suppose living downtown, supporting public transportation, and a desire for thriving neighborhoods and cities just makes the rest of readers members of a vast left-wing conspiracy.
Posted by: dru | Feb 19, 2007 10:30:04 PM
For every one comment like Joshua's, there are 20 people who silently appreciate what you are up to Paul. I'm a supporter!
Posted by: Mike Reed | Feb 28, 2007 1:01:25 PM
