AmericanTowns Websites Now Online in 10,000 Towns across America."Virtual Town Squares" Seek To Strengthen The Bonds Of Our Nation's Local Communities FAIRFIELD Fairfield. 1 City (1990 pop. 12,200), Jefferson co., N central Ala., an industrial suburb of Birmingham; inc. 1919. Founded (1910) by the United States Steel Corp., its steel industry has greatly declined, negatively affecting the city's economy. , Conn. -- Ten thousand towns across America now America Now is a former politics and business TV program on CNBC with Lawrence Kudlow and Jim Cramer. The program's name was later changed to Kudlow & Cramer. America Now: the Anthropology of a Changing Culture was the original title of have a way to more efficiently promote community involvement and attention to local issues. AmericanTowns, the largest national network of hyper-local community websites, today announced that it had achieved a milestone by establishing 10,000 "virtual town squares" in communities across America America [for Amerigo Vespucci], the lands of the Western Hemisphere—North America, Central (or Middle) America, and South America. The world map published in 1507 by Martin Waldseemüller is the first known cartographic use of the name. , including the nation's top 50 DMA's (excepting New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. ). Each of the communities now served by AmericanTowns' websites can easily post and access information about community events, local businesses, organizations, sports, activities and more. AmericanTowns makes a wealth of local information available to the more than 190 million people that live in the communities they reach. The company's websites list a total of 5.75 million community events, including local calendars with over 100,000 items posted by community members. A total of 90,000 community organizations are also listed on the sites, and each one of those organizations now has the ability to increase its reach to local residents with important community updates and information. "The goal of AmericanTowns is to help people and organizations in each of our nation's communities connect better with one another, and the useful local site we've built in each of 10,000 towns across the country is a step toward that goal," said Jim Maglione, co-president of AmericanTowns.com LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . "It's great to see the different ways that communities build on that foundation and gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. to be able to help them make old connections stronger and new connections possible." AmericanTowns is also offering valuable new tools to community members and organizations to help them maximize the power of the web in their communication and fund raising efforts. The tools include a new online fundraising Online fundraising is the use of Internet-based technology, marketing and communication techniques by non-profit organizations to bring in revenue, frequently as donations. tool to benefit local non-profit organizations A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. and a "one click publicity" tool that enables local groups to post their press releases on AmericanTowns.com and then distribute them to local media. AmericanTowns has plans to introduce additional features this year to help bloggers achieve wider exposure in their communities. About AmericanTowns AmericanTowns is the largest national network of hyper-local community websites and includes the nation's most extensive online database of local events, community organizations and resources. Currently serving 10,000 US towns (total population: 190 million), AmericanTowns acts as a "virtual town square" that connects citizens, community organizations and locally-focused businesses to strengthen the bonds of our nation's communities. These sites include more than 5.75 million community events plus powerful tools to help more than 90,000 listed community organizations interact more effectively with local citizens. Founded in 2000, AmericanTowns is headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut Fairfield is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is situated along the Gold Coast of Connecticut. Fairfield is a town of many neighborhoods, two of which -- Southport and Greenfield Hill -- are notably affluent. . Visit www.AmericanTowns.com. |
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