By Ken Knickerbocker

As we enter our fourth year of operations, VISTA Today is nearing its 8,000th post, each celebrating a page in Chester County’s remarkable story as it unfolded each weekday.

That’s quite a number, and we have you, our loyal readers, and our affiliate partners to thank for it.

Finding, writing, posting, and sharing stories celebrating Chester County takes hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars to sustain the process each month.

Our work is undoubtedly a labor of love, but a labor nonetheless.

Thanks to the generous participation of our Affiliate Partners, whose logo grace the right side of every VISTA Today page, a subscription to VISTA Today, which includes access to every one of the past month’s upbeat, positive stories celebrating Chester County’s quality of place, is, and always will be, free.

Going forward, however, access to the nearly 7,500 news stories, leadership profiles, features, and other information posted before Nov. 1, 2017 will be available to VISTA Today members only.

Beginning Dec. 28, visitors who want full access to VISTA Today posts published prior to Nov. 1, 2017 can have it by becoming a VISTA Today Member for $0.99 a month, or $9.95 a year.

The funds generated from paid VISTA Today memberships will supplement the cost of delivering the positive stories in our region each weekday morning and afternoon.

Affiliate partners and their employees will be given an access code and automatically be enrolled in VISTA Today’s membership program.