Officials. Activists. Business people. Artists.
Our February issue is, you might say, profile-heavy, featuring accomplished people doing amazing things in our area.
We have unsung heroes and newly elected representatives. We have creators and mentors. We have folks who have given their lives to the service of others.
We are so fortunate that they call Harrisburg their home, that they’ve decided to settle here or, in many cases, were born and raised and never left.
We started TheBurg with the belief that too many of these stories were going untold. We thought that, when it came to news coverage locally, the bad often overwhelmed the good—and undeservedly so.
As a lifelong journalist, I’ve never understood my media peers’ fixation with deviance and dysfunction. I guess it sells, as the cliché goes, but it also doesn’t represent the reality of most people’s lives. And, I don’t know about you, but reality is where I spend most of my time.
Besides that, I believe that we should give recognition to people who are trying to build up, not tear down.
They’re not hard to find at all. Maybe they’re your co-worker or family member or neighbor—or you. All you need to do is flip through the following pages to discover a few more. Even better, please listen to the special February edition of TheBurg Podcast, which features a number of unsung heroes in our midst.
I want to wrap up this introduction by thanking everyone who reached out to us last month after we announced our partnership change. We were overwhelmed by the good wishes and messages of support from Harrisburg and beyond. It’s amazing to know that so many people are on our side, rooting for us.
Lawrance Binda
Publisher/Editor
Click here to read the digital version of our February magazine.
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