Cleveland Heights Patch Readers: Thanks For Helping Us Grow

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH — For a little more than two years, the Cleveland Heights Patch has been back up and running. I wanted to take a moment and thank readers for joining us on this journey and taking part in our rapid growth in the community.

We appreciate your visits, your contributions, your social media posts, and everything else you've done to make Patch part of the Cleveland Heights dialogue again. We've come a long way in the past two years. You're a big reason why.

I'm an east side resident. I spend many of my evenings either in the Cedar Lee district or in the Cedar Fairmount area. I already keenly feel the absence of Big Fun on Coventry, but you're still likely to catch me chowing down at Tommy's or browsing through the basement at Mac's Backs.

I'll keep doing my best to provide the best local news coverage I can, including updates on community politics, high school sports, school accomplishments, weekly blotters, incoming businesses and more. If it happens in Cleveland Heights, we want to cover it.

Last month, the Cleveland Heights Patch had more than 15,000 visitors. That's a whole lot of visitors. That figure — compiled and verified through Google Analytics — includes readers on desktop, laptop, tablet, mobile and our app, and our visitors often access Patch on several devices over the month.

Here's the five most popular articles that visitors were reading last month on the Cleveland Heights Patch:

• New Equipment Being Installed At Heights Community Center
• Lee Road Development Takes Step Forward In Cleveland Heights
• Hit-And-Run Accident Kills Cleveland Heights Man
• Cleveland Heights Wants To Redefine Its 'Brand'
• 2 Teens Indicted For Armed Robbery In Cleveland Heights

Got a news tip? I'm Chris Mosby, your local editor. I'm a Northeast Ohio native and John Carroll University graduate. I've spent most of my career in local news and journalism. I love getting tips, ideas and questions. Send them my way.

What else is new? So far this year, 110 new email subscribers have joined Cleveland Heights Patch. (Wait? You don't get our email? Click here and we'll hook you up.) You can also join our thriving Cleveland Heights Patch Facebook page, which has more than 1,519 likes. Check us out here!

If you would like to post on Cleveland Heights Patch, too, you may easily to sign up for a free user profile. As a Patch user, you can post articles, events, jobs, and announcements. And the "rules of Patch" are easy to follow: "no abusive content, no commercial spam, keep it local, and be awesome."

If you own a local business and are interested in getting your message on Cleveland Heights Patch or our nearby Patches, please visit the page and tell us what you need. One of our sales reps will be in touch.

Here's another fun fact about Patch: Did you know that Patch is among the 100 most trafficked websites in the United States? Patch ranks 91st on the most viewed websites in the country, according to Alexa. Cleveland Heights Patch is part of a broad network, with more than six dozen Patches in Illinois and more than 1,200 across the United States. That's a lot of local news!

Many news websites are limiting access to free articles, but Patch articles and events by our journalists and our users are always free to view.

We're thrilled you've made Cleveland Heights Patch a part of your life. Thank you so much for your support and readership.

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