Has there been a Thanksgiving in memory where we had more urgent, more complex reasons to offer up our thanks for being part these villages and neighborhoods served by Growing Community Media?
There is the strong and vital pulse of community, of sharing, of generous listening and collective action in times which are perilous. From the West Side and out to Riverside, we report on neighbors showing care and love to each other whether it is food pantries being urgently replenished, whistles being blown or a local high school student singing the National Anthem before a Bears victory.
Each of us at GCM gives thanks for the privilege and the responsibility of serving our readers. We thank readers who are also donors to our nonprofit newsroom. We thank advertisers who use our reach to build their businesses.
And we pledge our best efforts in the year ahead to be a strong, accurate and accountable voice for our communities.
With our gratitude.
Dan Haley
Senior Advisor and Interim Editor
