From the Publisher
by Herb Sims
FROM THE PUBLISHER

In the midst of bad news and contentious elections, November and December bring a season of thankfulness and hope. It is a time when individuals become aware of the needs around them. On pages 14 — 17 we have provided opportunities where you can give the best gift of all during this holiday season, yourself.

You have some great looking kids! Check them out on pages 31 — 40 and you will see images from the homecomings at Milton and Alpharetta High Schools. Our schools continue to be the center of our communities and our kids are our hope, so don’t miss Chrysalis Experiential Academy on the cover this month. We have found that Chrysalis is a school where students can discover their unique purpose and vision. You can find their story on pages 22 and 23.

As the community grows, we grow with more pages to bring you more information and more good news. Our advertisers have supported this philosophy and you have supported our advertisers tremendously in this challenging economy. Around Town Alpharetta/Milton/Windward has become known as one of the most effective and affordable forms of marketing in which to grow a business. This has resulted in having long-term relationships with over 80% of our advertisers.

From an editorial view, we are all about celebrating community. From a marketing perspective, Around Town Alpharetta/Milton/Windward becomes an affordable way to reach, through direct mail, more than 15,000 homes and businesses of your customers within 3 to 5 miles of your business. With the family of community magazines that now include Roswell and Woodstock, we are the most effective way to target one of the best demographics in the Southeastern United States. The partnerships we form with our advertisers and the response of the community to their story must be why we retain over 80% of our advertisers in our publications from month to month.

Sometimes all we hear is negative. But when you take some time to look at the local families, schools, small businesses and the dedicated employees of our local government, you will see they all combine to form one of the best areas to live in the world. . . the Alpharetta and Milton communities and Windward area!