Introduction

As The Bridge moves from a publisher-owned model to a nonprofit enterprise, your opinions can help guide our process.  Please provide your suggestions through this survey by answering as many questions as you can. Thank you for your time. 

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* 1. In what town do you live?

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* 2. The Bridge will remain focused on Montpelier. Please check other towns that you are interested in reading about (click as many as you like).

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* 3. In addition to covering local news, events, and people, should the Bridge sometimes cover these topics?

  Yes No
State topics
National topics
International topics

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* 4. Rate your interest in the following on-going features of the Bridge.

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Having "theme" issues (such as the Energy Issue and the Back-to-School Issue)
Town government news
News about local schools
Profiles of local persons
Profiles of local businesses
Heard on the Street
Nature Watch
Montpelier Alive reports
Granite City Groove
Arts news
Local architecture news
Calendar
Real Estate Transactions
Gardening Column
Book Reviews
Editorials
Opinion Pieces
Letters to the editor
Obituaries
Classifieds

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* 5. What recent article in The Bridge did you particularly enjoy (or not enjoy)?

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* 6. List any topic suggestions for:

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* 7. Would you like to volunteer to do any of the following? If yes, check all that apply and include contact information below.

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* 8. If you are a student, would you be interested in earning high school and/or college credits in writing, editing or community journalism through an apprenticeship or internship at The Bridge? If so, please provide contact information here:

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* 9. As a non-profit, The Bridge will rely on community support to keep publishing. If you are able and willing to support the paper financially in order to keep it in print, how much could you contribute a year? (By answering, you are not making a commitment).

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* 10. Final question, just for fun. Metaphorically speaking, the Bridge should help us as a community move from where to where? (for example: from alienation to participation)

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