New Adventure

I remember always being fascinated by tunnels, secret passageways, and rabbit trails in the woods. I want to know what's around the bend. Less because I think something fabulous is at the end but more because the adventure of exploring something new is alluring. The thrill is in the moment - the journey itself - and not in the anticipation of the outcome.

But in this adventure there is both the journey and its aim. Starting a street paper will be a completely new adventure for me, and there is also the delight of imagining how it might make a positive change in Toledo.

There is much to be done: feasibility study, funding, networking with the city, networking with local agencies, legal legwork, selling ads, selling subscriptions, developing relationships with vendors, finding a base of operations, creating a website, and much more. I have doubts, both regarding my own abilities and the viability of the paper itself in the specific locale of Toledo; however, the idea of this is too important to not pursue. The potential aid it can bring to however many people is worth it.

The purpose of this particular blog is for both my reference and to help anyone else out there who might have the hope of starting a street paper in their own city. Here I will chronicle the adventure as much as possible.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SMALL CHANGE.

For more about street papers, please visit http://www.nasna.org/stpaper.html.