As we say goodbye to 2024, many of us reflect on the challenges, changes and highlights of the past year. And, as we enter 2025, there is a high chance that a certain question has been asked by friends, family and strangers: What’s your new year’s resolution?
Some people jump at the opportunity to answer this question, while others roll their eyes. This year, I somehow forgot about the question all together until about 9pm on December 31st. This year I didn’t put the pressure on myself to 180 my habits and expect it to last 365 days.
Although the concept of ‘new year, new me’ can be a refreshing opportunity for many, I like the habits and change that I built for myself in 2024. Change doesn’t have to start at the strike of midnight of a new year. That got me thinking about the change that Tri-City Voice has gone through the past year. That change began somewhere in the middle of the year.
Bill and Sharon Marshak, founders and former owners of Tri-City Voice made the decision to retire after over 20 years of managing TCV. The swift change brought in some new people to our office and some change to the paper itself. As a paper our goal is to inform our readers of what’s going on in the tight knit Tri-Cities whether that be events, stories on local people or organizations or government.
Since we are surrounded by large cities, San Jose, Oakland and San Francisco, other news outlets might treat our news as a footnote. Many think that because Fremont, Newark and Union City are smaller towns that means that not much goes on. Our job at TCV is to prove that idea is most certainly not true. For some examples, check out our 2024 in review article of our Dec. 31 issue.
Another large change in TCV was the upgrade our website got. Thanks to the Weeklys team, all of our articles are available on a new and improved tricityvoice.com. There readers get the chance for their voices to be heard with the ability to comment and start conversations under any article.
As we have gone through some changes with TCV our focus on local people, news and community continues strong as we do our best to keep our readers informed about their local government as well as the entertaining and informative events. We want to keep our sense of community in the Tri-City area especially through a time where so many are divided.
As our paper evolves, our readers will always be the driving force behind what we do. With another year ahead of us we hope to continue to have the support of our readers. We wish you a happy new year and happy reading.
