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January 2024 by Deanna E.
Journalists are not keen to research their stories well. One example comes from an article written a few years ago that stated that Emerson moved to Round Rock to be close to Dell, and that Dell was the reason Emerson existed. Emerson has been around since 1890 and is a multinational conglomerate involved in many industries and consumer markets. Perhaps the article may have been enhanced by interviewing someone in Emerson to determine why such a large company moved out of the city of Austin. I remember when Emerson was on Cameron Road, then Research Blvd before it moved to Round Rock. Dell, as well, was near Braker and Metric before it moved to Parmer, and eventually to Round Rock. There have also been other poorly researched articles related to construction projects in the area, and I find it difficult to rely on some of the information in CI newspaper. CI may open my eyes to something newsworthy, but I must conduct my own research to accurately determine what is going on in my community. Maybe CI should consider hiring journalists who are a little older and have lived in Austin long enough to understand what is really going on in the city, or who are diligent researchers before publishing inaccurate or misleading information.
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November 2023 by John S.
The simple fact that something is free does not diminish it's value, especially in this case. Community Impact is chock full of useful information including active and planned construction projects on local roadways. It also has a list of new business openings, old business closings and a whole host of other information that we find particularly useful. They also have a pretty nice selection of restaurant and other business coupons that we frequently use. If you never look at this publication, I suggest that you start with the next issue. I think that you will see the value therein
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September 2023 by SH YUN
good report, good people. good news.
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August 2023 by LARRY CHARLES “CHIP” HOWELL
We have worked with Community Impact with training and they are wonderful to work with. We also receive their newspaper and it is much more informative about what really is important in our lives than other news formats
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March 2023 by Jeff Lazar
CI is an amazing alternative to the Austin- American Birdcage Liner. I look forward to the physical paper as well as emails, etc.I want it to succeed and grow even better!
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March 2022 by AndrewJBushard
Community Impact Newspaper bulk mails this newspaper out for free to everyone in the different neighborhoods of the Austin area. So given how it arrives with junk mail, one might expect this paper to fail, but nope, it succeeds.It keeps me abreast of what happens in my area of Austin. I imagine it takes work to cover every neighborhood of the Austin area. The tone is a general interest tone, yet I enjoy reading the articles. The writers engage the readers. I love hearing about what is happening with local businesses and local politics in my area. They seem to avoid sensationalism, which many critics attribute to other media outlets.For those of us who want to stay in the know while reading print, yet do not want to subscribe to a paid newspaper, this newspaper does the trick.They reside on "Impact Way". I wonder how they arranged to get their street name to reflect the paper's name.This proves impersonal mail can enhance your day.
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March 2021 by Andrew B.
Community Impact Newspaper bulk mails this newspaper out for free to everyone in the different neighborhoods of the Austin area. So given how it arrives with junk mail, one might expect this paper to fail, but nope, it succeeds. It keeps me abreast of what happens in my area of Austin. I imagine it takes work to cover every neighborhood of the Austin area. The tone is a general interest tone, yet I enjoy reading the articles. The writers engage the readers. I love hearing about what is happening with local businesses and local politics in my area. They seem to avoid sensationalism, which many critics attribute to other media outlets. For those of us who want to stay in the know while reading print, yet do not want to subscribe to a paid newspaper, this newspaper does the trick. They reside on "Impact Way". I wonder how they arranged to get their street name to reflect the paper's name. This proves impersonal mail can enhance your day.
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October 2020 by Emma B.
Pretty ironic that they choose to call themselves "Community Impact" when in fact they are pretty devoid of any and all community participation whatsoever. They turned off the ability for anyone in their "communities" to make comments on any of their online articles a couple of years ago. How's that for community involvement? Not much care or interest in the community to do that. Their extent of interest in the community is how they and their money-grubbing real estate cronies that dictate what they write about can take advantage of the community. This advertisement publication needs to be ended and we all need real newspapers in our communities. This publication provides nothing but propaganda and coupons like others have said, it literally reads like it was written by carpet baggers and developers and is out of touch with anything going on in the community outside of the real estate and land sales. Zero "Journalistic integrity". Integrity would be writing things that aren't sanctioned by private "community" developers literally all the time. This is not a newspaper.
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July 2020 by Barbara S.
I love Community Impact. Reporter Brian Rash is outstanding. Since the Statesman bought the Picayune, it's gone way downhill, so thank goodness for CI.
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March 2019 by Netti Finney
Keeps you informed about what is going on
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March 2019 by Julius VanGlorious
I love getting this newspaper at home and I'm so glad it's free! It gives me detailed information that I truly can't get anywhere else, from school rankings to election breakdowns. It is a reliable source of local news. I also love that they highlight development in our area. I am ecstatic to see them highlight local businesses and have visited many establishments they've written about. I believe community impact is unbiased and trustworthy.
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March 2019 by Danny Romero
News that is biased and most articles/lists are advertisements for places. Houses? Ad placements. Best restaurants? Ads. Just check Google and Yelp for places around you with reviews. They don't actually care about businesses/community and just try to find the highest bidders. Annoying physical spam like a spam email.Also, note to small businesses. Don't advertise on here. The people you want to visit your business are not reading this newspaper since this newspaper mostly ends up in the trash before being read. Speand your money on Adwords, Instagram Ads or Facebook.
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March 2019 by Lauren Carlos
Amazing content, helpful maps, love the up and coming section. Not to mention the amazing coupons in the back. I love that this paper tells me what’s going on in my back yard.
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September 2018 by Mark M.
While I was checking references of a builder we are considering hiring I was given John Garrett the CEO of Community Impact information. I left him a message and almost immediately got a call back from him. He was so willing to speak highly of his builder. He actually invited our 3 man group for a personal guided tour of his beautiful buildings. I was amazed at how personable he was and also every employee we passed was so nice and obviously very happy to work there. What a Great company. If I was not retired I would love to work here. I also really enjoy reading the publication every month. I am always exited to see what is happening with all the new buildings going up around us. Keep up the good Community Impact
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March 2018 by Wm O. Towery
Scumbags who disregard "Do not Solicit" notifications on peoples public information listings. If I could give this review no stars I would.
