The Month in Review - July 2023
Housekeeping notes and other interesting tidbits from this past 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 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 July 6th and talked about how we need our leaders in government to better at helping our communities make sense of what was happening and we likened it to professional wrestling.
Finding the Civic Capacity Newsletter in Other Places
Also this month, one of the posts in the Civic Capacity Newsletter was picked up and republished in the local newspaper, Miami Valley Today. The newsletter took a look at what was happening with the latest annexation agreement between Bethel Township and Huber Heights. You can read it below, if you missed it.
I was plesantly surprised with the Miami Valley Today graciously ran our piece and I expect future pieces here in the Civic Capacity Newsletter will be picked up later for publication. It’s always a good feeling when others not only see the quality of the work, but understand that it can help create better civic dialouge.
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 starting at $100. 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.