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Bay-Journal's Third Anniversary.
On April 24th Bay-Journal will embark on its fourth year on the internet. The growth over the first three years has been phenomenal – far beyond our original expectations!
When Bay-Journal was launched on April 24, 2002, it had about 40 pages. We were hoping that yearly visits to the website would reach as high as 50,000.
During April we will surpass 900 pages that are predominately filled with historical information about Bay County, and to a lesser extent counties associated with the Saginaw Bay.
The website has averaged over 110,000 visits during the first three years, more than double our original expectations. Each year the number has increased substantially. In 2004 there were over 162,000 visits, and based on the first three months of 2005, the figure projects to nearly 200,000.
Credit for this growth goes to our viewers that are spreading the word to others about Bay-Journal because we have no formal program to promote the website. You have our deepest appreciation. Thanks! Keep spreading the word!
Be A Participant.
From the very beginning our goal was for Bay-Journal to be community website where viewers could interact with each other in the forums and participate in building history content.
Activity on the {Focus Forums} has been dismall. It needs of a few adventurous viewers to get the ball rolling to encourage others to join in. There are presently 12 boards: One for general topics.; Four county specific.; Three focused on heritage.; Two Bay-Journal specific.; One Want-Ads board. Help Us If You Can!
On the other hand, seventy {Contributors} have donated materials to the content of the website, and some of them continue to do so. This has been not only a great help to us, it has provided for some very unusual and interesting history not found in public resources. We encourage you join our list of contributors. Its easy to do, just click on the "Help Wanted" image below to learn more.
Color Crazy!
If you are a regular viewer, you most like know that we changed the website's colors several times. And, yes, we did it again! Gone is the "Gainsboro" gray background replaced by "dark slate gray," a dull dark greenish color. We'll try to keep this one longer unless we hear enough viewers to change our mind.
BAY CITY: The Central Library on Center Avenue has been put up for sale as plans are being made to move into the new library building next year. Once the new library on the south p for salewill be sold once the new library move is made to the new library. In the process, a piece of significant history will end. The present library was built in 1922 with the help of the Carnegie Institute, local donations and public money. It was the first library building east of the river. It also marked the consolidation of Bay City's library system in order to get the money from Carnegie. Until then, the west side and east side each had their own library board. However, the west side had the Sage Library while the east library was housed in rented space of various buildings in the downtown area.
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