New Name, Bigger Mission: St. Pete Patch

You may have noticed that the Old Northeast-Downtown St. Pete Patch site has changed its name to St. Pete Patch.  

As a long-time blogger on this site, I am really pleased the folks at Patch.com recognize the value of expanding the name, because St. Pete Patch really is St. Pete. 

Local news coverage continues to decline in the Pinellas County market and Patch.com is your hometown site for local news and information on line.

You have it at your finger tips, on your computer, and there is a mobile app for your phone. 

Why don't you forward the new patch link http://stpete.patch.com/ to a few of your friends so they can stay up-to-date about what's going on?

Especially those friends up North who may be getting ready to join us for the winter. 

You see my thoughts and comments here regularly under the heading LOCAL VOICES. 

I would like to invite you to join me as a Patch blogger. It would be really great to get a couple West side and South side bloggers on the site. It's really easy, just click that box down there at the bottom of the LOCAL VOICES column, Want To Blog on Patch? 

If you're a neighborhood association leader, community activist, leader of or member of a civic group, interested or concerned citizen of St. Pete, good cook, or someone who just enjoys sharing your thoughts, PATCH  LOCAL VOICES  is the place for you. 

If you don't want to Blog, then be sure to comment on the articles and posts here on Patch. The dialog and interaction from commenters is critical to making the St. Pete Patch an exciting place. 

Don't worry about setting up an account to Blog or Comment. The PATCH folks keep all that information secure and your e-mail address does not go on an ad distribution list. 

Finally, if you own a small business here in St. Pete Check out the DIRECTORY down and to the left. You may find your business already listed, if so just go "claim" the listing and you get a host of free services. 

If your business is not there, send an e-mail to william.mansell@patch.com and PATCH will come out and take a picture and get you in the Directory. If you want to make it quicker attach a photo of the front of your business. It's all free. 

So you can see, there are a host of opportunities and services available on the "new" St. Pete Patch. Come join me on ST. Pete's exciting social media site.

No, they did not pay me to write this. I believe that personal interchange through social media is the way the public expresses itself and stays informed in a fast moving world. 

e-mail Doc at: dr.webb@verizon.net, or send me a Facebook Friend request. 

Have your say. Be sure to get a petition for the Pier Referendum and complete it properly. Information and schedule of events at Stop The Lens.