As UBJ celebrates its first year, I want to thank you for joining the conversation. Whether you are a reader, contributor or advertiser, we want you to know we appreciate your support over the past 12 months.
As you can imagine, launching the only weekly business product in the Upstate is no small undertaking. Our staff deserves a big pat on the back. They get better and better every week, word by word, page by page. Their names and emails can be found on page 31; feel free to reach out and give them an “attaboy.”
Thank you to the advertising community. Without your support we cannot continue to give this business community the type of product it deserves. In the past 12 months, more than 113 local advertisers have supported the launch of the UBJ. This was a big leap of faith to support this brand in its first year, and we appreciate you. A full list of 
our first-year advertising partners can be found on page 11. Without them, you wouldn’t be reading this.
Each week, we distribute the UBJ through print, digital and social media. Thank you to the more than 30 carriers who distribute 40,000 physical copies of UBJ every week – most inside the Greenville Journal, which lands in 35,500 Upstate driveways every Friday – but also to the lobbies and offices of 400+ Upstate businesses each week.
If you like what we have done in the first 12 months, you ain’t seen nothing yet. But to get there, we will need even more participation from you.
From you the reader, who continues to take the time in your busy week to trust that we will deliver what you need to know, when you need to know it to keep you one step ahead of your competition.
From you the contributor, who realizes the value of speaking up on key issues. We invite you to participate in the conversation; please continue to send us your articles, headlines, events, pictures and ideas. This is your paper.
And from you the advertiser, who understands the value of being part of the conversation with the hundreds of Greenville decision-makers who make UBJ their must-read every week.
