Greater Sudbury Northern Life Reporter Mandi Hargrave
Sudbury Living, which is put out by Laurentian Media Magazine Group, held its newsstand launch at Chapters on Saturday.
Dozens of people showed up throughout the event to listen to
music by Pandora Topp and the SilverBirch String Quartet and a
reading by local author Sean Costello.
The glossy pages of Sudbury Living have been showcasing local talent and and the best of city life for the past year, and now the magazine is officially on newsstands throughout the city.
"We anticipated it would be a good reaction, but it's probably been a little over the top for us. And this goes to demonstrate that people really wanted this type of publication in Sudbury and they're proud of it," says Laurentian Media Magazine Group publisher Patricia Mills.
"They're proud of this city and now they have a bragging piece they can give family and friends, they can learn about a part of the city that they don't get from any other media. Just from their reaction today, it's like 'Wow this is so long overdue, thank you, thank you for allowing us to have this opportunity to read about our city in a different way'."
Vicki Gilhula, managing editor, says it's great to see Sudburians taking pride in the publication.
"I think what I'm also surprised about is the ownership this community takes of things like Sudbury Living as their own magazine, they sort of embrace it. I don't know how many people have a personal relationship with Macleans or other magazines," she says.
"But people think 'Yeah, this is a magazine, and this magazine is about me and about my friends and I'm really interested in it,' and so it's gotten a lot of support from the community for the magazine and from businesses who obviously are supporting it through advertising. We're really thrilled about that."
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