Up the Road has received its 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. And now we need your help to get farther up the road. We’ve been doing our part, including:
Steadily “growing” our Board of Directors, now chaired by John Merz, co-founder of Northern California’s immensely successful Snow Goose Festival and recently retired CEO of the Sacramento River Preservation Trust;
Joining the Investigative News Network (application pending) and the company of the Center for Investigative Reporting, the Center for Public Integrity, Mother Jones, National Public Radio, ProPublica, and 80-plus other nonprofit U.S. media organizations;
Developing Up the Road’s new, more dynamic website, a magazine format accessible on cell phones and tablets as well as online; and
Working to become self-sustaining within five years, and finalizing our “action plan” to make that happen. (more…) Continue Reading →