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Carl's List Gets Results!!!!

Does Carl's List work? It sure does! Here at Our Hudson Valley Network Central, we regularly get reports from users expressing delight at the quantity and quality of responses to their posts. Here's a sampling ...

"Just wanted you to know that I've had 100% success with Carl's List--buying, selling, and feeling the sense of good-natured community commerce. Thanks!" - Gretchen Primack

"Thank you Carls list- my carpet was hauled away less than an hour after posting. WOW. You can delete my ad! Thanks." - Ilyse

"Recently, I posted an ad on Carl's List (looking for an illustrator), and within just three days received about a dozen replies. I don't think there's anywhere else I could have put the word out for this, with such impressive results." - A.A.

"As a free-lancer, Carl's List has been a tremendous resource for me. After posting one ad describing my services, I received several job offers from local community members. Each contact has led me to a new web of clients. It's virtual and actual word-of-mouth!" - Caitlin

"Dear Carl, This list has been so helpful. I've gotten employment from it, sold a keyboard, and will probably buy an amp. Thanks for all you do!" - Nina Sheldon

Carl's List is a community service. Please use it! In a very real sense it belongs to you.

Invitation to a Community-Raising

You know how they used to have "barn-raisings?" Well, Our Hudson Valley Network is having a "community-raising." It's about all of us together, building community. It's about bringing people together, in person and online. It's about helping our friends and neighbors, and having a great time.

We're very excited about Our Hudson Valley Network. The wind is at our backs--we can feel it. The design is right and the time is right, too.

We can't make it happen alone, though. There's only one way to build community, and that's collectively. So please join us. Help make Our Hudson Valley Network the powerful force for positive change it can be. And invite your friends to join us, too!

In a world where victories don't come often enough, we can have a big win here. We can benefit ourselves, and also benefit our neighbors and our friends. We can make the mid-Hudson Valley a model of self-reliance for the world. We can support our Main Street businesses and have a great time doing it.

You are cordially invited to a community-raising.

Thanks,