The Month in Review - August 2023
A special invitation
A Look Back at a Great Month!
One of the activities I want to undertake on this newsletter is to take time to look back at the growth of this project and bring forward new ways you can help support this effort.
If there is one thing I have learned about growing this newsletter, it is that this project is filling an unmet need; good, honest and quality analysis of the events that are shaping our local civic life. The growth of this project has exceeded expectations and while that growth is good — getting new people in the conversation isn’t a bad thing — it does mean we are all looking at this project from a different perspective.
One of these different perspectives is that we have all learned about this newsletter at different times, so whether this is your first time interacting with Civic Capacity, or your 100th, we are going to take a look back at the month and go over some great ways you can interact with this effort.
Our Most Popular Post this Past Month
Our most popular post this month came out on August 2nd and talked a huge meeting with the City of Piqua as they were voting a new rental registration ordinance.
Finding the Civic Capacity Newsletter in Other Places
Also in August, I had the chance to talk about the Civic Capacity Newsletter on the air at WPTW-AM. I relish these opportunities to talk about civic affiars with a live audience and we are grateful for Aaron Teeters, morning show host, for allowing us the opporutnity to speak about this project. Our past visit highlighted a recent report from the Troy Police Department discussing the utlity of the recently installed Flock Camera System.
A Special Invitation
Troy City At-Large Council Members, Bill Rozell, Todd Severt and Lynne Snee will hold another quarterly roundtable this Saturday, September 16th at 9:30 a.m. at the Troy Hayner Cultral Center, 301 West Main Street. This is an opportunity to ask questions about the city in a relaxed and informal enviornment. Refreshments will be provided.
This is a great way to learn more about your community and those individuals who are a part of the decision making process in our hometown. Please make it an effort to attend this event, even if it is for just a few minutes.
Sponsorship Packages Available for Civic Capacity
Looking at the readership of Civic Capacity, it is clear that we are creating a community of loyal readers that are becoming more engaged with their community. If you own or are part of a small business and would like to become a sponor of Civic Capacity, we have developed a month-long sponorship package. If you are interested, please send me an email at william.lutz17@gmail.com and we can get the conversation started.
Help Grow our Newsletter
One of the things I am really impressed with about the Substack platform is that they are always developing new tools to help grow newsletters. The good people at Substack have recently developed a referral program. Individuals that are sucessfully referring new subscribers to the newsletter are elgible to earn rewards. You can learn more here. Of course, one of the easiest actions you can take to grow this effort is simply share it with your friends and neighbors.
Thanks for reading!
July was an amazingly successful month for the Civic Capacity Newsletter and I am grateful for all of your support! If you ever have any comments or questions, please feel free to drop me a note at william.lutz17@gmail.com.
Civic Capacity is a reader-supported publication.