I came up with this whole “local newsletter” idea after spending years in the publishing industry and doing the first Internet print magazine, the Channelseek Guide. While I was figuring out how to become a true online and offline local portal, my wife Jeanne kept the business in order handling the accounting and office administration for the businesses. After the dot com bubble burst of 2000, we sold both our publishing and Internet businesses to a New York competitor and started consulting for other local portal wannabes. The idea of having a website that was community focused, not defined by zip codes but by the community boundaries, was fairly new and uncharted up until 2003. That’s when I began building his first local portal, atGeist.com, in my backyard. On July 4th, 2004, I decided to announce atGeist.com to the Geist Reservoir community by placing four color flyers in his Crossing South neighborhood mailboxes of 38 homes. A few weeks later, the USPS sent me a fine for $14.00 for placing sales flyers in the mailboxes. You might say my first newsletter wasn’t very successful. At first, atGeist.com was only a website and a part-time hobby. I was consulting for about three steady clients doing Internet marketing and website development. Jeanne set up the books for the side venture while she continued to work part-time for a healthcare consulting firm. It was late 2004 when the idea of doing a print newsletter to the Geist community came about, and in April 2005 the “atGeist Community Newsletter” debuted. The first issue was black and white, only four pages in length, and mailed out to a mere 2,500 Geist residents. Then the phone started to ring. The May issue was eight pages and the July issue was 28 pages. “What about the June issue?” you might ask. We were so overwhelmed with advertising inquiries and the production of 28 pages that the June issue never got out! Today, the “atGeist Community Newsletter” is distributed via mail and local distribution to thousands of Geist residents and businesses each month in full color via direct mail and through local supermarkets and retailers. Jeanne soon left her part-time job and worked from home full-time tending to the business growth and two teenage kids at Bishop Chatard High School. I began the slow process of cutting back on his outside consulting to focus more on the expansion of the atGeist.com model. Today, both Jeanne and I work full-time on atGeist.com and the recently launched atFishers.com in neighboring Fishers, Indiana.
On Tuesday, July 8th officers were called to the Windermere pool. Witnesses reported that a man exposed himself while standing in an area clearly visible from the pool area. An off-duty Arcadia, Indiana police officer detained the man until Fishers police officers arrived.
The suspect was identified by […]
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[ August 14, 2008; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] This FREE Exergaming Education Workshop is specifically targeted towards YMCA’s, JCC’s, Schools, Hospitals, Park Districts and Health Clubs around the Central and Eastern United States designed to provide “Fun, Realistic & Proven Solutions that battle Childhood Obesity.”
This August 14th workshop will be held at Xtreme Fun and Fitness in Fishers, Indiana (XFF) which is owned […]
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[ June 27, 2008; 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. June 28, 2008; 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] Our 33rd annual Admirals Landing Neighborhood Garage Sale is scheduled for Friday, June 27 & Saturday June, 28. The hours for both days are from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM (or until you run out of stuff or you’re just plain tired).
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[ August 24, 2008; 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Prevail, Inc. of Hamilton County, an awareness and support program advocating for victims of crime, will host its largest fundraising event of the year, Sunday, August 24 from 5:30-9:00 p.m. at the Ritz Charles in Carmel.
Reds, Whites and Blues presented by Riverview Hospital and the Riverview Hospital Medical Staff features an evening […]
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[ June 21, 2008; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] “Knowledge for College,” the first in a series of national conferences presenting the keys to successfully making the transition from high school student to college student, will take place on Saturday, June 21 at the IUPUI Campus Center, 420 University Blvd., Indianapolis, from 10 AM to 2 PM. Lunch is […]
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With the excitement and commotion of the annual Independence Day holiday approaching, Bark Busters, the world’s largest and most trusted dog training company, offers helpful tips for the estimated 44.8 million U.S. dog owners on how to keep their dogs safe and calm during July 4th festivities.
“Independence Day celebrations are great fun for people, but […]
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Counterfeit US Treasury checks are being sent. The scam works like […]
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Summer enrollment of students new to Hamilton Southeastern Schools takes place at different times and places according to students’ grade levels.
Grade K-8 schools will stop registering new students at individual buildings after Friday, June 13. Parents can then sign up K-8 students between July 8 and 22 at the […]
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[ June 14, 2008; 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] Eight beautiful gardens, live music, artwork, gardening presentations and more The 3rd annual Noblesville Tour of Gardens is this Saturday, June 14, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., rain or shine, and will take visitors “beyond the garden gate” into eight of North Noblesville’s most beautiful gardens. This year’s tour ranges from an intimate shade garden, to a […]
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[ June 16, 2008 8:00 am to June 20, 2008 8:30 pm. ] Mark your calendars TODAY for the children’s event of the summer! Vacation Bible School will be June 16-20, 2008 from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. at Castleton Worship Center.
Who Can Come? All children age 4 through 5th grade (grade completed as of 2007-08 school year).
How Do I Sign Up? Registration began April […]
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