Thank You, Woodstock-Towne Lake Patch Readers, For Visiting Us

WOODSTOCK, GA — Thank you, Woodstock-Towne Lake Patch readers, for taking time in your busy days to spend a few moments with Patch. We appreciate your visits and contributions, and we want you to know we take nothing for granted here. Thank you for helping us to grow and thrive this year.

Nearly eight years ago, on Dec. 2, 2010, Woodstock-Towne lake Patch launched. We've come a long way, and you're a big reason why.

In August, Woodstock-Towne Lake Patch recorded 66,429 visitors. For a city of about 30,000 people, that's a lot of readers! Our visitors hail from Woodstock and Towne Lake, for sure, but many residents in Cherokee County and surrounding areas also land on Woodstock-Towne Lake Patch from time to time, too. 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 are some of the most-read articles on Woodstock-Towne Lake Patch in August:

• Restaurant Inspections: Kitchen 'Overrun' With Roaches
• Etowah Teacher Killed In Apparent Murder-Suicide
• Pastor Johnny Hunt Leaving First Baptist Church Of Woodstock
• Former Cop Re-Indicted On Animal Cruelty Charges
• Costco Opens Aug. 9 In Woodstock
• 'Who Is America?' Pranks Georgia Conservative Activist

Got a news tip or a story idea of an interesting development in and around Woodstock and the Towne Lake area? I'm Kristal Dixon, your local editor. Send your tips, ideas and questions my way at woodstock@patch.com.

Our readers also love Woodstock-Towne Lake Patch's calendar of events — more than 3,800 visits were made to our calendar in August. If you would like to post on Woodstock-Towne Lake 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."

What else is new? So far this year, 588 new email subscribers have joined Woodstock-Towne Lake Patch, boosting our email list to 3,093 daily subscribers. (Wait? You don't get our email? Click here and we'll hook you up.)

And 662 Woodstock-Towne Lake Patch lovers joined our Facebook page this year, too. We have more than 12,800 fans! If you haven't liked our page yet, please give it a try. If you're already on the page, please share with a friend. Reaching 13,000 fans in September would be a huge milestone for us.

If you own a local business and are interested in getting your message on Woodstock-Towne Lake 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. Woodstock-Towne Lake Patch is part of a broad network, with dozens of Patch sites in Georgia 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 Woodstock-Towne Lake Patch a part of your life. Thank you so much for your support and readership.

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