The Bridge: Free, Independent and Local
A project in Montpelier, VT by Carla Occaso000days
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The Bridge is a fiercely local, twice-monthly newspaper that reports on the community around Montpelier, Vermont. We mail it free.
Backers: 173
Average Pledge Per Backer: $73
Funded: $12,567 of $10,000
Dates: Feb 13th -> Mar 14th (30 days)
Project By: Carla Occaso
Backers: 173
Average Pledge Per Backer: $73
Funded: $12,567 of $10,000
Dates: Feb 13th -> Mar 14th (30 days)
Project By: Carla Occaso
$12,567
current pledge level
Last Updated: March 14 @ 17:30 -0400 GMT
125%
of goal
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Latest News
Thank you!! Here is a little "Thank You" video!!! 
March 13th - via: kickstarter.com
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Still pushing forward! Now over $12,000 with 164 backers pledging an average of $73.45!
March 12th - via: kickstarter.com
This campaign ends Saturday, March 14 at 5:14 p.m. We are glad to continue pushing forward to gain more support. The more money we get, the better footing we will be on for the coming year. We are looking forward to doing more community coverage,... (Read More)
Our Kickstarter project is the featured project out of 206 campaigns
March 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Kickstarter has featured our project when you click the hot link to journalism on the main Kickstarter website. https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/categories/journalism (Read More)
We made it!!
March 12th - via: kickstarter.com
From the Kickstarter people: "Ready? Set? Scream! Your project hit its goal. Congratulations! When you’re done celebrating, post an update and thank your backers. They’ll be psyched to hear the good news. Meanwhile, there’s still time on the... (Read More)
We met the goal. Speechless.
March 11th - via: kickstarter.com
I am kind of in shock. We met the goal. The goal seemed so unattainable. Because of 143 of you we are going to be able to pay our printing bill for 5 months. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. More tomorrow. (Read More)
LUCKY 8s - 88 percent funded with $8,805.00 raised!
March 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you everyone for pulling together for The Bridge to raise $2,065 in the past 24 hours. I don't know what happened, but I am grateful and amazed. I can almost smell the cupcakes!! (Read More)
Prof. Jeremy Hansen has volunteered two NEW Computer Consulting Sessions since his first 4 have sold out!
March 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Computers PLUS cupcakes : For the $125 level, Prof. Jeremy Hansen - a computer science professor at Norwich University, with a PhD in computer science and 10 years of industry experience in the above fields - will give 2 hours of computer,... (Read More)
$8,095.00!!! And counting!!!
March 11th - via: kickstarter.com
This is amazing. This community is the best. (Read More)
Magic overnight? This morning I woke up to lucky 7s and 9s. We have raised $7,970.00, which makes us 79 percent funded!
March 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Since my last update, we got 23 new backers and are $30 away from $8,000 with only three days to go. Now we have 125 backers in all. I am already looking forward to cupcake fulfillment. We have promised so send out 52 cupcakes!! That is going to be... (Read More)
Whoa, Nellie! We're up over $6,000!!!
March 10th - via: kickstarter.com
It is much better when we work together! Thank you Joy, Phil, Cassandra and Tracy. Thanks to you, and to everyone else, we are over the $6,000 mark. Incredible. We are also ranking high in popularity among the Kickstarter projects. Go us!! (Read More)
The Bridge's campaign ranked #2 in Today's Top 100 in Print on Kickstarter
March 10th - via: kickstarter.com
From the Kickspy website at 4:18 p.m. on March 10: Today's Top 100 in Print (next update in 4 hours) 1) +2 Surveillance Valley: The Rise of the Google-Military Complex Surveillance Valley: The Rise of the Google-Military Complex A book by Yasha... (Read More)
100 Backers!!!!
March 10th - via: kickstarter.com
We now have 100 backers!!! We are at the $5,775 level and have 4 days to go!! Thank you, Marichel, KBrittenham, Jane and Deborah!!! And thank you, anonymous donor, for matching those NEW contributions and NEW adjustments upward! You are helping us... (Read More)
New Reward Level! Prof. Margaret Blanchard to offer Creativity Consultation! Also, went to Montpelier Rotary yesterday, and got support, advice and backers!
March 10th - via: kickstarter.com
New Reward Level: For $85.00, Dr. Margaret Blanchard, a retired professor of Creative Studies at Vermont College, will offer a limited group of 4 sessions (1 for each pledge of $85). Blanchard a writer and artist, will give 2 free hours of... (Read More)
Our journalism project is ranked #3 in "Today's Top 100 in Journalism"
March 9th - via: kickstarter.com
The website Kickspy has ranked our Kickstarter journalism project as #3 on their "Today's Top 100 in Journalism". Kickspy appears to be a site aimed at ranking, following trends and publicizing Kickstarter campaigns. You can check it out at:... (Read More)
Great News! An anonymous donor has pledged to match every dollar donated until we get to the $10,000 level!!!
March 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Great News! An anonymous donor has pledged to match every dollar donated until we get to the $10,000 level. Maybe this will motivate your friends, coworkers and family who have yet to donate. This includes upgraded pledges as well! (Read More)
Over the Hump! But later than ideal. Five days left and $4,960 to go spread the word!!
March 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow. Thank you to the latest backers: Mary and Christina, my cousin Sara, my uncle Bob, my neighbor Kim, Thierry, and Chris!!! Margaret, thank you for increasing your pledge! We are over the hump, but still have a long way to go. We have to make up... (Read More)
Thank you, Michelle and Charlotte! This campaign is so close to $5,000 now!
March 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Backers Michelle and Charlotte adjusted up their pledges, which gave us an additional $20! Thank you! We are now at $4,805. I am so appreciative that you believe in The Bridge. Also, a big thanks to new backers Elizabeth, Ward, Joyce, Aron, Betty... (Read More)
Thank you, Ellen, for upgrading your pledge!! The next issue will feature animals, NECI and the Green Mountain Film Festival.
March 8th - via: kickstarter.com
I have this unfounded feeling that if The Bridge's Kickstarter campaign can get up over the halfway mark by the end of today, then we can reach the total goal by Friday. Raising your pledge by even a small amount makes a big difference. Thank you,... (Read More)
We now have 77 backers, $4,460 and a limited offer of expert computing services from a computer science professor
March 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Backers! We now number 77 backers and are listed as #6 in Kickstarter in the Journalism category (out of 180) when you sort by popularity. We are nearly at $4,500 and have a hope of reaching $5,000 by the end of the day. I invite all you... (Read More)
Seven new backers since the last update ... Only $104 away from $4,000.
March 6th - via: kickstarter.com
We now have 65 backers and will surely have over $4,000 soon. If we can make it half way, I feel hopeful we can make it all the way somehow. (Read More)
Great Day! WDEV in the morning and meeting with a nonprofit newspaper in the afternoon!
March 6th - via: kickstarter.com
We had a very full day today. We gathered nearly 10 new backers and have now received over $3,600 in pledges toward our goal of $10,000, which at times seems unattainable, but I am still hopeful we will reach our goal. I also hope our backers will... (Read More)
Nat on WDEV Radio went well, but we still need many more pledges!
March 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi backers! There are four more of you since the last update! We are getting there, but not quite fast enough. Nat and I were brainstorming about any stunt or antic we could do to make national news and get a wider audience to our campaign. My... (Read More)
Don't Forget! Nat is going on Mark Johnson's show tomorrow at 9 a.m. WDEV 96.1 FM
March 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Mark Johnson, host of The Mark Johnson Show, just agreed to have our publisher Nat Frothingham on as a guest this Friday, March 6, at 9 a.m. Spread the word. Here are the broadcast details from Mark Johnson's website: "www.markjohnsonshow.net/ The... (Read More)
Listen to a clip from an original song performed by our own Ad Sales Manager as a gift to The Bridge! New video comes with it.
March 5th - via: kickstarter.com
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Nat Frothingham is Going to Be A Guest on WDEV - Mark Johnson's Show
March 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Mark Johnson, host of The Mark Johnson Show, just agreed to have our publisher Nat Frothingham on as a guest this Friday, March 6, at 9 a.m. Spread the word. Here are the broadcast details from Mark Johnson's website: "www.markjohnsonshow.net/ The... (Read More)
5 New Pledges, including one backer asking for Nat's voice on her voicemail!!! :)
March 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
We have received 5 new pledges since the last update, which means we have now raised a little more than 25 percent of our total goal. One person even asked for Nat's attention-getting voice on her voicemail as a reward gift. That should be fun! ... (Read More)
Three more pledges today. So grateful. Need additional support, though!!
February 27th - via: kickstarter.com
If any backers out there (you?) would be willing to e-mail your own personal network (friends, enemies, relatives and coworkers) on your e-mail contact list with a link to our Kickstarter campaign and a personal request from you to help support The... (Read More)
Five more pledges today! Thank you everybody! Michael made this video of Sophie and I working on a news story at The Bridge!
February 26th - via: kickstarter.com
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Partnership announcement! New England Culinary Institute agreed to supply the cupcakes
February 26th - via: kickstarter.com
I am so excited. We just announced that for the $25 and $50 pledge levels we will be giving away cupcakes as thank-you gifts. Today, Ashley and Chef Jean-Louis Gerin, the acting co-president of NECI, agreed that New England Culinary Institute would... (Read More)
Two Pledges Yesterday, Nat on WGDR this Morning, seeking ideas for further promotion
February 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi, thanks to Dot Helling and Susan Bitterman, we received two more pledges yesterday and are 19 percent of the way to our goal. We are also going to incorporate cupcakes into our rewards because that was the yummiest photo in our new video on update... (Read More)
Like cupcakes? Here is a newly posted longer video depicting the people, places and events The Bridge covers and CUPCAKES!!!!
February 25th - via: kickstarter.com
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New video, seeking additional advice for promotion
February 25th - via: kickstarter.com
I made a new video that is slightly more polished than the original one that was raw footage of Nat being sort of silly at our office. While he was acting silly in the video, he is very serious about keeping The Bridge going while we reorganize to... (Read More)
Three new backers gave us $1,310 this morning alone
February 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
It is not even noon today and we have received $1,310.00 from three very generous souls in our community. This gives me great encouragement to marshall forward. We have a little over two weeks to meet the goal. Now I know we can do it in the spirit... (Read More)
A video has been posted. New reward offered for $75 pledge level.
February 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Finally! As of yesterday, Feb. 21, I posted a video of The Bridge's editor and publisher Nat Frothingham. Nat has championed this community newspaper along for 21 years as other people who worked on The Bridge have come and gone. He stuck with it... (Read More)
New rewards levels! You can get Nat Frothingham's attention getting voice on your voicemail!
February 18th - via: kickstarter.com
We have added three fun new rewards for pledges starting at just $1. Look for more rewards and a soon-to-be posted video starring The Bridge co founder Nat Frothingham! (Read More)
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