Last week we announced we want to get to 250 monthly donors in our reader revenue drive for the month of June.

We appreciate all your support, and thank those of you who have contributed.

In this message, I want to tell you how we spend that money.

East Cobb News is a very lean, thrifty news operation that is funded mostly with advertising revenue, but we have been asking for more reader support in recent months.

Why? Small businesses of all types need additional streams of revenue, and we’re no exception.

Advertising revenue pays for the labor and benefits of yours truly, to bring you the local news that you love with a more than full-time effort.

It has been a pleasure to be able to provide this community news and resource information to the place where I grew up, and that I am proud to call home.

Please contribute today!

East Cobb News also has some modest recurring businesses expenses that we want to fund with the generous support of our readers.

That includes office rent and business insurance, telephone, technology expenses (ad manager software, newsletter platform and e-mail and business management software) and related expenses.

We have a small space in a commercial business park that is convenient for news and business activities, and it’s been beneficial in delivering improved editorial and advertising services.

Those costs are all very economical given the affluent market we live in, but they do add up.

We want to get to 250 recurring donors—contributing as little as $6 a month—to cover most of those expenses. That’s $1,500.

So if you haven’t contributed yet, please consider doing so on a monthly basis. You can donate any amount you like, but that $6 figure is doable for just about anyone.

We have a safe and secure online payment platform, Press Patron, that you can manage easily.

Help keep East Cobb News free with your donation!

We want to keep East Cobb News free because local news is important to everyone. But right now we have fewer than 50 recurring monthly donors and we’re considering some paywall options.

Please help us get to 250 by setting up your contribution plan today!

Nobody else is doing this in our community, and our plans are to keep giving you the local news that you love for a long time to come.

Let us know what you think about all of this: e-mail me: wendy@eastcobbnews.com. I’m interested in hearing from you.

Thank you for your support of East Cobb News!

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