The AntiWood Vision

Happy Thanksgiving everybody. I chose this day to release my vision of AntiWood. If you believe in this idea pass it on to whoever you feel is ambitious and creative.

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The AntiWood Vision:

I come to the people of Antioch and Brentwood with a vision. A vision that aims to bring the community together and create wealth.

I got this idea of AntiWood from reading stories on ClayCord.com. AntiWood will start out like ClayCord, but take a modern twist. The difference between me and the Mayor of ClayCord is we come from different generations. I come from a generation that has used advanced technology since we were young kids. My idea of where to take this site will be seen as overly ambitious by many, but understood by a few. The few that understand it will jump on board and help build this website from the ground up.

I will not release every little detail about my vision, but I will break down the main points of it. I see AntiWood.com as being THE website that people in the communities of Antioch and Brentwood check on a daily basis. It will be a portal site linking local business to local people.

It feels like we are scattered all over on the Internet on websites like Yelp and Craigslist. Information on these sites is sometimes hard to find. To improve that we will be our own Yelp and Craigslist. You won't need to check Craigslist for classifieds or missing dogs. We will provide all those services for you guys. Instead of being scattered all over thousand of sites on the Internet we will have the privilege of having one portal personalized to our community needs. No longer will we be feeding San Francisco or San Jose our money. We will be creating money within our own community.

News reporting will still be the #1 focus of the website. It was created as a blog and will continue to be a blog on the main page. As the user base grows the amount of stories will grow. We will be the first media source to get access to a lot of information. The days of going to the Contra Costa Times message board asking "what happened with that car crash here?" will be over. We will make a major commitment to providing the best stories at all hours of the day. Efficient news reporting will be our main draw to get people to come to the site in the first place.

Another big part of the vision includes helping out local business. As the site grows I would like to make an option for our web designers to create and maintain websites for local businesses. Let's say there was a place called Rick's Automotive. Rick would come to us and we could design a website for his company to be hosted on AntiWood. He could send his customers to AntiWood.com/MikesAutomotive or tell them go to AntiWood keyword "Rick's Automotive." As he makes changes to his pricing and other aspects of his business we will be on call to update his site. I see that a lot of small businesses have outdated websites. AntiWood will be on top of all that for a reasonable fee.

The possibilities are unlimited with the things we could do. It all comes down to what the people of Antioch and Brentwood are willing to do. Some may see it as a privacy matter and not want to be involved. Others will see this as a great way to keep the populace updated about events in the city. When I played baseball when I was younger I always wanted a website that would provide stats and game reports on a daily basis. At that time it felt like our technology was not good enough to make that a reality. With this site, though, we could be hosting websites for organizations like Antioch Babe Ruth or East County Little League. It could be a virtual scrapbook for youth sports.

Our goal is when every person in Antioch or Brentwood logs onto the Internet they have AntiWood.com as their homepage. We can make that happen. AntiWood.com - Taking Antioch and Brentwood virtual.

"If you build it...they will come."