By Pepper Parr
March 2, 2023
BURLINGTON, ON
Just over a month ago I made a very difficult and painful decision – I had to cease publication of the Gazette. Given my limited resources, I could no longer continue.
I was not ready for the response. The readers spoke out and asked that I look for ways to continue and that they would support the publication.
A number of people approached me and asked what they could do and they took out their cheque books.
I was able to access enough in the way of fresh funding to operate for 90 to 120 days during which time a business model will be put together that gets us to the point where we are sustainable and can add some of the staff we need.
These things do take time but so far I am on schedule.
The next step is to learn more about the readership we have.
We are doing what the city overdoes: Asking people to complete a survey. The questions we have asked are the same is as those we asked in 2015, 2018 and 2021. We want to measure the changes. Click here for the survey
