What is POSITIVELY Naperville?
PN is a locally valid, reader supported, monthly newspaper published in Naperville, Illinois.
Since July 2001, our initiative has been supported by a great group of local businesses, organically growing four pages at a time since our first printed issue in September 2001. Promoting community events, the arts and locally-owned independent enterprise is still our primary passion. And if you’re out of our delivery area, we’d also like to remind you see our printed pages at PN Monthly!
We feature updated news you can use everyday on what we call Naperville N.E.W.S., accessible from our Main page.
In June 2007, a PN reader educated the editors of Positively Naperville about blogs. You probably already know a blog is short for “web log,” a little-used term coined by Jorn Barger way back in 1997 that was jokingly morphed into “we blog” and then simply “blog.”
The reader noted that our Web site has been a blog since it was launched in July 2001, but few people called a blog a blog back then. At any rate, he suggested we call this Web site PN Blogs, so we took the advice to heart. Now our blog has morphed into N.E.W.S. in all directions.
When you consider our Naperville News page is a series of entries posted to a single page in reverse-chronological order, it is a blog. The most recent news is at the top!
According to one definition we found, a blog is a personal online journal, frequently updated and intended for general public consumption. There you go again – Naperville News fits the description, personifying our city with all kinds of information that enhances the quality of life in Naperville. All this information reflects the purpose of Positively Naperville; ergo, the blog.
What’s more, our Naperville Nostalgia pages could be considered a community blog, a coblog, if you will. Naperville Nostalgia sometimes includes brief philosophical musings as well as commentary on the Internet and other social issues.
PN also links to other Naperville sites. And we post lots about events, arts performance and meetings our readers won’t want to miss.
The importance of the blogging community (and its relationship to larger society) increased rapidly about the same time PN was launched. Established schools of jounalism began researching blogging and noting the differences between journalism and blogging.
So there you go. And if we put all our columnists online, we could blog some more. But we want you to pick up our publication. We’ll continue to carry on about most of our community news in print. And we also hope you’ll continue to visit this companion Web site, too, as we begin to call it the PN Blogs.
Enough about blogs. We’re moving forward.
Positively Naperville is supported by a group of generous corporate citizens committed to spreading a positive message about community service, special events, important fund-raisers and Naperville’s rich history.
Owners and managers of these pursuits invest time, talents and/or money toward service to the community by staying actively involved on many levels.
These citizens join hundreds of others in support of our schools and events such as Ribfest, Last Fling, Soups On, Pancake Festivals, Riverwalk Fine Arts Fair and Naperpalooza, etc.
They understand that contributing to United Way agencies helps provide the many social services our community needs.
These independent businesses share the responsibility with many other corporate citizens who have caught the spirit of Naperville’s success.
As independently-owned-and-operated corporations, this group helps PN promote the many good things happening in Naperville—the arts, special events, fundraisers and more. Everyone associated with Positively Naperville—advertisers, columnists, designers, advertising sales reps— welcomes your comments, support, your inquiries and your business.
Positively Naperville is a marketing campaign on local public access television. Check out Channel 6 (government access) and Channel 17 (public access).
Positively Naperville is a printed guide of community events, volunteer opportunities and local lore. The publication is distributed to 35,000 homeowners by the first of every month.
Positively Naperville hosts two companion Web sites. One includes 70 pages of information and the another hosts PDF pages of this month’s publication that can be downloaded from any computer in the world.
Here you’ll find a brief history of the corporate citizens who have invested (contributed their advertising/marketing dollars) in the project to serve all of Naperville. You’ll also find links to their corporate Web sites, as well as links to hundreds of local web sites.
Positively Naperville could be considered a clearinghouse for events.
Positively Naperville lists hundreds of community events on monthly calendars. This simplified listing easy to view by scrolling down the page will serve to help event planners.
In addition to the calendar listing on line, organizations can submit press releases (200 of your best words) about upcoming events that, if appropriate, may be included in Positively Naperville.
Finally, Positively Naperville is an innovative work in progress with the flexibility and desire to make a difference by promoting good news and community spirit for ALL of Naperville!
Thanks for reading!
