Friday, December 31, 2010

The 3/50 Project welcomes the 70,000th fan on FB

by Cinda Baxter on December 31, 2010

in The 3/50 Project

This is becoming a holiday tradition (she says, smiling from ear to ear).

Last New Year’s Day, I sat at my parents’ kitchen table in Nebraska, watching our 30,000th fan join The 3/50 Project Facebook page.

Last night, again from Mom and Dad’s kitchen table, I watched our 70,000th fan join the FB fold.

And today, I’m still bursting with just as much pride over every single independent brick and mortar business owner…every single consumer…every single organization and non-indie business who helped get us here. You guys are what fires me up, keeping me moving 150 mph on this path toward strengthening our local economies. If not for your perseverance, determination, positive reinforcement, and enthusiasm, well…. Our little “small business lovefest” would have languished in blog land after my first missive.

Thank you for breathing life into what we do, giving The 3/50 Project a voice, and being the amazing superheroes you are every day of the year. Talk about inspiration…….

Happiest New Year…and here’s to big things ahead.

Cinda

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The end of the year.

During my days as a retailer, it marked several things: realization that the next morning meant a new slate and endless possibilities; a chance to reflect on what could have been done differently and what was done perfectly; and an opportunity to relax into the most laid back day of our retail year (being a few doors down the sidewalk from a liquor store made that easy, given the number of brown bags that lined our cash wrap counter as folks shopped, post-champagne run).

I’m not sure what it is about the combination of human instinct and calender date, but for many of us, December 31 is “reboot day.” Which is good.

Need a starting point? Here you go— [click here to continue…]

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