Susan is a cofounder of the Hill & Lake Press. She lives in Lowry Hill.
“Technology changed how we make the paper, but not why. We’re still here to connect the community — and to have fun doing it.”
The Hill & Lake Press was started almost 50 years ago by a group of youngsters who had recently moved to the neighborhood. We didn’t know we were youngsters — you never do until you look back as an oldster.
Our intentions were simple: to have fun and connect the community. Our tools were simple, too — a typewriter, graph paper, rubber cement and some beer. We relied on volunteers to write and illustrate the paper, to lay out the pages and to deliver each issue.
Technology has changed how we make the paper, but not why. We still rely on volunteers to cover local stories, take photos, proofread and help produce each issue. But now we rely on the wizardry of computers for editing and layout —and for our new website — and on the USPS to deliver the paper to more than 15,000 households.
And we rely on you, dear readers, for your generous support. Our goal is for advertising revenue to cover 80% of our budget and for donors like you to make up the remaining 20%.
Thanks to your support, we were able to gift our advertisers free space in this December issue, and in last year’s as well, in recognition of their contributions to our community and the hardships they endured during the Hennepin Avenue construction.
We hope you appreciate them, and we hope you appreciate our ongoing efforts to connect the community — and to have fun doing it.
