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ChaddsFordLive.com turned 1-year-old two weeks ago and
observant readers noticed a new tag line last week: “Building community one
story at a time.”

Publisher and editor alike knew when we started it was going
to be a slow, uphill process to build the business, working one story, one
photograph and one advertiser at a time with only two people.

But, as publisher Emily Myers said, it’s all about “knowing
and caring about our neighbors” and of setting up a virtual backyard fence,
over which neighbors can chat.

To that end, part of what we’ve done is to add some tools to
the repertoire, specifically establishing a presence on Facebook and Twitter.

“We haven’t grown into those tools yet,” the publisher said
recently, “but we’re working on that.”

She added that the greater Chadds Ford area, though made up
of more than just Chadds Ford Township, is like a small town unto itself where
many people live and work in the same place and businesses need to be treated
as neighbors, as significant members of the community.

“Businesses make our town healthier economically,” Ms. Myers
said.

In addition to Facebook and Twitter, we’re also working on
some other concepts to bring news to our readers in different ways. Some information
that people want or need is really too short for a full story, such as the
announcement that a new business is set to open on a certain date. There may
not be a full story developed at the time, but people still want that
information.

So, this week we’ve launched a new feature entitled Bits
& Pieces. It will include information that can be related in only two or
three sentences, but it’s information we think you’ll want to know.

And last week we launched Scenes from Around the Town, a
series of photos with captions only that tell a story by themselves.

ChaddsFordLive.com is, for better or worse, the only game in
town covering the routine news of the Chadds Ford area. No existing daily or
weekly newspaper covers Chadds Ford on a regular basis. ChaddsFordLive has been
doing that on a weekly basis—providing governmental, business, school and human
interest stories for the past year.

We are also part of the community with a sense of identity
within Chadds Ford. Our columnists Sally Jane Denk, Kayta Gajdos, Ellen Le and
Nancy Sakaduski are each local residents. What could be more down home?

So, one year has past since we flipped the switch and made
ChaddsFordLive.com a viable, online entity. We will continue to expand and
grow, building that online community one story at a time. We look forward to
many more years of service.