Moving right along...at a fairly rapid clip !

Greetings All !

As it has been since November since my last post, I must confess to being somewhat remiss where being a more prolific BLOGGER is concerned. Actually, I will relate that as Greatest Cape has grown, so, too, have my administrative responsibilities. I do , however, want to relate to you about our successes as well as our set backs !

On March 8th, we will be 9 months old. Okay, I confess that we are still in our infancy, yet as much change and growth as we have experienced, it often seems to me that we are much older than that. I can remember watching the site garner it's first 20 members. I look back to that first month fondly. As we approach our 300th member, I can only say that I am very grateful for the involvement of our community, and some of the members whose leadership has helped our progress significantly.

Our site's functionality has grown well beyond it's original scope ! We have added a site-wide chat client, a media gallery, a sports feed, an interactive map, and a YouTube® Video of the Week feature for all of our members. For our Premium members, we have added a Personal Messenger, an Arts and Entertainment feed, a daily Stock Market index, and are putting the finishing touches on a My Greatest list builder for choosing a personal list of favorites from our Cape Coral's Greatest roster. I almost forgot to mention that it has been a wonderful addition to our site-wide stories and content to have been able to entice Ms. Robyn Mobley to contribute a weekly editorial column entitled Paradise Ponderings. (Thanks, Robyn ! You rock !)

As to the future of the site, it looks very positive ! Because of the addition of a Cape Coral Business Directory, we expect it to continue to grow. Since it's inception, we have effectively doubled it's size ! We have also (finally) managed to incorporate a banner ad management system to Greatest Cape. We will soon begin to offer corporate clients the ability to improve their own visibility by branding their presence upon our social network site.

While our content is varied, and our offerings numerous, we have sought to maintain a degree of candor that is, hopefully, refreshing, honest and forthright. Given our commitment to this level of communication, we have 'ruffled more than a few feathers', but we have not retracted one story or editorial. We can only strive to maintain that record. Put in layman's terms, "we call it like we see it"...and some of the pseudo powers ( or good ole' boy networks ) that be, have, quite likely, developed a distaste for us. But as our initial purpose was to provide a worthwhile and valuable resource for our community, we wont apologize for our observations. I think it was Theodore Geisel ( Dr. Seuss ) that said; “Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.”

All in all, I am very pleased at our growth and progress up to now. I owe a debt of sincere gratitude to those who have chosen to become members of our site. I always appreciate their feedback and , in fact, encourage it. Interaction with our community has been our primary purpose and we will strive to increase that along with our offerings.

I'll see you online !