The Altamont Enterprise has been and continues to be a very important resource for Guilderland and adjacent Towns. As the Guilderland Coalition for Responsible Growth has grown from a grassroots group with a growing number of active and supporting members focused on a few issues at its initiation, to a not for profit with a structured governance able to focus on a broad array of development proposals before the Town of Guilderland’s boards to developing fora for residents to maximize their voice and influence over land use and procedural issues, the Altamont Enterprise’s unbiased and well researched reporting on issues of importance to the Guilderland Coalition for Responsible Growth has been very important to the Guilderland Coalitions for Responsible Growth’s ability to grow and inform residents of Guilderland and adjacent Towns to focus on mutually important events and development proposals and for members and supporters to express their personal opinions through Letters to the Editor and Columns.

In this age of COVID-19, dealing with the Governor’s “Pause”, Physical Separation, and Shelter at Home Executive Orders, has closed schools and many businesses and governments offices. Many residents are unemployed or working from home. Those of us with subscriptions to the Times Union and the Schenectady Daily Gazette have noticed fewer and fewer advertisements on Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.

The Altamont Enterprise as a weekly newspaper with a smaller subscription base and smaller advertisement base, even during the best of times, would appreciate all the help it can get to maintain its ability to maintain the quality of the coverage it provides during the age of COVID-19.

The attached link: https://altamontenterprise.com/contribute includes a request for fans of the Altamont Enterprise to subscribe, to extend their subscription for more than one year, to upgrade their subscription to “Supporter” or to make a donation. (Scroll down to the text of the request) It also includes internal links to forms and processes to implement your generous choice.