Above / Since 2001, bundles of Positively Naperville have been distributed around town to help engage readers with the can-do spirit of the community that began back in 1831 when Captain Joe Naper and his family arrived to establish a settlement along the DuPage River.
Even during these days of social media and spreading multiple messages here and there, if you don’t advertise, you may know your business, but not everybody else does. Though it may be hard to believe, many individuals continue to enjoy sitting down with the printed words on printed pages.
So… let us thank all our sponsors for helping us pay for large rolls of newsprint, buckets of colored ink and the technicians who run the web press for this monthly publication. Readers tell us they keep the monthly print publication, always chock full of local events, until the next month’s edition is available.
Thanks also for all the kind words already regarding our July 2026 publication, now available to pick up from distribution racks at more than 30 locations. Perhaps last week’s stormy weather kept folks inside over the Independence Day weekend with more time to read. Or maybe the photo of Fredenhagen Park on the cover attracted attention.
Whatever the reason, we appreciate the phone calls, emails and face-to-face remarks, chock full of comments that sometimes required action and other times made us blush.
One reader emailed to tell us two of our distribution racks were empty. They’ve been refilled. (We truly appreciate it when folks tell us the racks are empty. We try to keep them replenished and neat.)
Another reader wrote, “I have been meaning to send you this email for a few days and I seem to run out of time. Not tonight!
“As always your ‘Publisher’s Commentary’ was excellent. You should be made aware of that fact. Your entire paper’s presentation is natural and makes the reader feel good. That is a great skill. Thank you for sharing it with the readers.”
A new resident who recently moved to Story Pointe called to say she’d been reading Positively Naperville for the last couple of months and she really enjoys it.
One phone call came from a former neighbor who moved to Michigan eight years ago. “Do you know who this is?” she asked, before noting she follows PN online.
When a young writer/author noted a brief post in the July issue about his upcoming booksigning, he emailed, “Wow and thank you. As local – that means a lot! Also, since I am a college student, are there any student rates?”
Moving right along to Affordable Naperville…
PN readers also have inquired if we know who is scheduled as featured speakers at the Affordable Naperville Town Hall set to begin at 7PM Wed., July 8.
Affordable Naperville is a group “Speaking Up for the Taxpayers and Ratepayers of Naperville” that’s been organized and growing for about a year. The program “Illinois Energy & Power Transition: Crisis or Opportunity for Naperville?” is set to begin at 7PM July 8 in Kendall Hall, 908 W. Jackson Avenue. The free event will feature a panel of energy experts, local citizen advocates as well as representatives from Nicor and the Heartland Institute, some of whom have spoken at City Council meetings. For more information, visit www.affordablenaperville.com.
Here’s hoping for an interested audience of open-minded residents and business owners who understand the need to be fiscally responsible in our city of approximately 39.16 square miles—nearly 99% land with a river winding through it, enhanced with public assets that will always require care and maintenance supported by taxpayers in a growing community of nearly 154,000 residents. Affordable energy rates matter.
And as we wrap up, let us pause for a word to thank our PN sponsors and our readers. And let us always wonder how a word of gratitude became so verbose.
Post Last Updated, July 9, 2026.
