To the Editor:
As a St. Johns County resident who lives in downtown St. Augustine, I am a subscriber to the paper. I am also a public relations professional with clients in Ponte Vedra, throughout the county and beyond.
It is increasingly becoming essential to me and influential readers of the paper that we have a true local news outlet for editorial coverage and advertising opportunities.
Ponte Vedra Recorder has a positive history of focusing on community journalism and newsworthy stories about our region, which serves a critical role in keeping residents and visitors informed about what is happening in our neighborhoods.
The paper continues to supply a platform for people to voice their opinions, concerns and ideas, while covering prominent issues that may be overlooked by larger news organizations. Stories about the arts and culture, social happenings and philanthropic events are important to this market to raise much-needed funds for those in need throughout the region.
Non-profits and for-profit businesses in the community depend on Ponte Vedra Recorder for information on a weekly basis, and many times more than our regional daily newspapers currently serve.
My sincerest thanks and accolades to the Recorder staff for maintaining a high standard of reporting, layout and design, and sales efforts. There is hard work to keep this paper published.
I very much appreciate the local leadership of the paper and their involvement in the community for so many years.
