CNL2 loves small town video! In our first six months in production here at CNL2, we’ve produced 85 videos. Six months from now we expect CNL2 to be producing four per day (annualized rate of 1,460 videos per year). That doesn’t include audio podcasts, which we also plan to be publishing daily, as well. Some…
Ignite your curiosity and reimagine wildfire resilience in Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire, a captivating documentary screening at Friday Harbor Film Festival’s FREE Best of the Fest series at the San Juan Island Grange on Friday, May 10 at 7:00 p.m. It will be followed by a livestream Q&A about the film with Director Trip Jennings. Details…
UPDATED THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2024: Late yesterday, Wed., Apr. 23, Swinomish Casino & Lodge reopened the casino, dining, and lodging facilities after being closed for 19 days due to a cyberattack. To entice customers back, the property is increasing “promo play” offers and promotions for all guests until the end of May. The Swinomish Casino…
Last week, San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau Executive Director Deborah Hoskinson returned to the podium to address the Friday Harbor Town Council. She had been at the same podium four months prior, to alert the Town government of a “distressing” reduction in tourism metrics starting in August 2023. She ended the presentation with a request…
The CNL2 Lifetime Subscription price has been reduced to a one-time cost of $190 (lifetime, annual, or monthly).
To date, 22 people who endorse the direction of CNL2 have purchased a paid subscription.
Hundreds more are needed.
There are three categories of subscriptions: monthly ($7), annual ($77), and lifetime ($190). Monthly and annual subscriptions renew automatically but can be canceled at any time.
For non-subscribers, a viewer can access an individual subscriber article for $1. Several visitors have already used the $1 per story fee. Once paid, access to that story doesn’t expire.
As a bonus, every subscriber is eligible for one free CNL2 local ad per month ($9.50 value). Ads must meet CNL2 editorial and quality standards.
Here is the breakout of subscriptions so far:
1 Lifetime Subscription
13 Annual Subscriptions, and
8 Monthly Subscriptions
These subscriptions are the foundation of the revenue needed to build CNL2 into a great community asset. And they are deeply motivating to CNL2’s founders.
We thank you.
Dear Readers, Viewers & Friends…It’s time for anyone who is intrigued by what CNL2 can do for this community to subscribe. If you won’t mind CNL2 slowing down, we will respect the decision. We (Jeff Noedel and Jeremy Tyler) have invested a large sum in the past year, and our overhead is approximately $4,500 per…
THE CNL2 VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Heather Spaulding, Editor of the Journal of the San Juan Islands, and Jeff discuss developments over the past week: This CNL2 video is approximately 31-1/2 minutes in duration.
“What’s better than to be able to create art with my Mom? She’s my best friend,” said Joelle Gillette of her mother Pamela Gillette. Like many working islanders, Joelle has had different kinds of jobs in dog breeding, in real estate, in construction. Joelle says she’s still trying to figure out what exactly she wants…
Since Autumn 2023, when a retired licensed engineer with a long tenure with Washington State Ferries (WSF) spoke to the San Juan Islands’ “Ferry Lovers of Washington” (FLOW) interest group, activists from San Juan Island, Orcas Island, and Crane Island have been calling for the State to build two new diesel ferry boats. FLOW members…
CNL2 VIDEO AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Craig Britton and Brittany Whitaker operate a pottery and fused glass studio on San Juan Island named Living Large Small. The studio name is a tip of the hat to minimalism — mindfulness of the human footprint. After many occupations, Craig found his passion for pottery. “It’s…