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My Nextdoor.com Experience
By Brittany Yurkovitch
How to Use Nextdoor
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Nextdoor also raised my awareness of Collin County and
Weston City Council meetings and elections. Several of
our local and county elected officials use Nextdoor to
maintain contact with their constituents, and it’s been a
blast engaging in political discussion with them online
and in real life.
According to the latest figures, Weston is home to about
275 people and has a median income of $68,317. This
data means that before taxes, Weston residents earn
close $19 million each year! And this number only counts
those who reside within the city limits; this total is much
larger if we include the greater Weston area. Imagine
the impact on our town if we made a greater effort to
circulate our cash within our local economy instead of
letting it flow outside of Weston.
Our neighbors would become more successful and
Weston would be better insulated from economic
shocks that periodically rock our delicate financial sys-
tem.
Despite the uncertainty facing Weston, we will be in a
much better position if we unite as a community and
look out for the well-being of our people and our beauti-
ful, historic town. Nextdoor.com is a platform we can use
to support our neighbors and build strong community
bonds as we face these challenges together.
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If you have a business or offer any services, please make
a business page so we can support you. If a local provider
performed great work, then make a post about it and rec-
ommend them to others looking for help on a project.
If you spot criminal activity or find a lost pet, please let
your neighbors know by posting.
Do you have good news to share or know of a commu-
nity event coming up? Let your neighbors know and add
an event to the calendar.
If you have an account, consider beefing up your profile
so we can become familiar with each other. If you’re
looking for a babysitter, a plumber, or an oil change, then
please make a post on Nextdoor to see if anyone has a
local recommendation.
Coloring Page Submissions
Do you like to draw? We would like to include a color-
ing page that celebrates life in Weston. We are looking
for simple, black-and-white line drawings with a one-
sentence statement about the picture. We are hoping to
receive submissions featuring local farm life, city build-
ings, scenes from our 4th of July Parade, or historical pic-
tures. Please contact thewestonpost@protonmail.com
or The Weston Post on Nextdoor.com for more infor-
mation.
Looking Ahead
Our community faces significant challenges as Collin
County develops and expands; Weston needs to pre-
serve its rich heritage as a historical, tight-knit Texas
town. Lately, many local residents have begun to ex-
press concerns about road development, community
engagement, and demographic change within our rural
community. As Weston navigates these challenges, it is
essential that we citizens work together to ensure that
our best interests are served.
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While most of us know that buying local is a smart move,
it’s not always easy to find local providers. Our town is
spread out, and, sadly, many of us do not know enough
of our neighbors.
Fortunately, there is a powerful, free tool available that
can help us become better neighbors, smarter con-
sumers, and engaged citizens: Nextdoor.com. According
to Nextdoor.com, Nextdoor is a social network for neigh-
borhoods that "enables truly local conversations that
empower neighbors to build stronger and safer commu-
nities." People use Nextdoor to find lost pets, organize
neighborhood watch groups, share information about
local crime, locate trustworthy providers, buy and sell
items, and receive information from local government
agencies.
My Nextdoor Experience
I signed up for Nextdoor in July simply to sell a head-
board, but quickly fell in love with the platform. Not only
have I connected with several neighbors engaged in cool
projects, but I found a local foreign language teacher to
help my homeschooled kids learn Spanish.
My husband used Nextdoor to rescue some fixer-upper
solar panels from being tossed in the bulk trash, and
we became aware of a few local mail thefts and a door-
to-door scam artist. We’ve had some bad luck getting
estimates on a deck remodel but (thanks to Nextdoor)
we hired C.A. Aultman’s Decking and Construction, a
Weston family business, to rebuild our deck.
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