Site Url: http://www.ConnectSouthside.org
Target community: Southside VA - Colonial Heights, Petersburg, Hopewell as well as Dinwiddie, Chesterfield, Prince George and Sussex Counties
Is the site active? --
Professional journalists? --
Paid staff? --
Is the site part of a network? --
Is the site a media affiliate? --
Content created by:
Who contributes to your content?
- Professional journalists:
- Community members: 75%
- Students: 5%
- Aggregate content of others: %
- Others:
Site's focus: Focus on nonprofits & community-based organizations
Target audience size: 10,000 to 25,000
Year founded: 2007
Who or what started your project?
- a nonprofit
- a philanthropic individual or organization
Update frequency: multiple times a day
Which online networks do you use?
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SCPartners
- Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/SCPartners
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/394729
- Other network(s): http://www.youtube.com/scpartners
Does your site aggregate content from other online sites? Yes
Does your site provide training? Yes
Business model: Publicly affiliated
What are your sources of revenue?- advertising
- grants
- How many full time staffers: 2
- How many part-time staffers: 1
- How many volunteers: 0
- How many students: 0
Annual operating budget: between $100,000 and $300,00 per year
Contact Information
Location: Hopewell, VA, United States of America
Contact URL: http://www.connectsouthside.org/Contact/Staff/tabid/209/Default.aspx
1 means "not very important" and 6 means "very important"
- Covering news not covered: 2
- Watchdogging local government and public officials: 2
- Investigating issues or wrongdoings: 2
- Helping your community solve problems: 6
- Empowering community members: 6
- Developing opportunities for community dialogue: 6
- Collaborating with local partners: 6
- Involving community to shape local content: 6
- Making a profit: 6
- Being a sustainable operation:
What else should people know about your site?
Around the region, organizations and individuals are striving to achieve more effective and successful delivery of programs and services in an ever tougher environment. We at Southside Community Partners are here to provide resources to help you work toward that success. A core value of Southside Community Partners consists of contributing to our partners' successful achievement of mission through providing the highest quality resources and services in the most accessible form.
We do this through three focus areas:
1. Human resource development through Learning & Leadership professional training programs
2. Organizational/institutional strengthening through pathways to funding and management resources in the Nonprofit Resource Center
3. Community engagement and knowledge exchange through ConnectSouthside.org