Sponsorships
Become a Sponsor
Reach Plainwell neighbors who chose to get local news in their inbox every Monday morning.
Always labeled
Every sponsor spot is marked “Sponsored” and set apart from the news, so readers always know what’s paid.
One-off features
Promote an event, sale, opening or announcement with a labeled spot in a single Monday issue. No long commitment.
News stays independent
Sponsors never review or influence our coverage. Read our sponsorship policy.
Options and rates
Sponsorship options
Free for schools, churches, nonprofits, public services and veteran-owned businesses: Featured Events, Display Ads and Classifieds, labeled “Community Ad,” in spots paid bookings don’t use. Choose your organization type below.
Advertising free? You’re welcome to help keep the Weekly free as a Community Supporter, from $2 per month, or $16 a year. It’s completely optional and doesn’t change your free spots.
Featured Event
$15 per issue
Your event at the top of the Monday Events section, labeled "Sponsored." 3-Pack: $36 for 3 consecutive issues. Free for schools, churches, nonprofits, public services and veteran-owned businesses when a spot is open.
- Top of the Events section, above the free listings (paying veteran-owned businesses go first)
- Date, time, place plus up to 50 words
- One link and one image or logo
- Up to 2 Featured Events per issue
2 per issue
Founding Sponsor
$40 per month
A Sponsored spot in every Monday issue, with your rate locked for 12 months. Month to month. 8 Founding spots in all: 4 paid, plus 2 free for veteran-owned businesses and 2 free for schools, churches, nonprofits and public services (labeled "Community Ad"). Founding spots are separate from the issue's 2 sponsor spots.
- Logo, up to 50 words and one link in every issue
- Name on our founding-sponsors thank-you line
- A Sponsor Spotlight once every 3 months
- Listed with a link on our website
- One business per category (paid Founding Sponsors)
4 paid spots (8 in all)
Supporting Sponsor
$25 per month
Your one-line Sponsored message in the sponsor thank-you line of every Monday issue. Month to month.
- Up to 20 words plus one link in the sponsor thank-you line of every issue
- Listed with a link on our website
4 at a time
Community Partner
$30 for 3 months
Your name on our community partners line in every Monday issue ($10 a month, billed every 3 months).
- Name on the community partners line in every issue
- Listed with a link on our website
Community Supporter
$2 per month, or $16 a year
Chip in to help keep the Weekly free. Open to anyone, including groups that advertise free. Four levels, each renewing automatically (yearly is 33% off): $2 a month or $16 a year; $5 a month or $40 a year; $10 a month or $80 a year; $20 a month or $160 a year. Pay securely with PayPal.
- Name on our supporters list on the website
Display Ad (Single-Issue Spot)
$15 per issue
One Sponsored spot in one Monday issue, when one of the issue's 2 sponsor spots is open. 4-issue pack: $48. Free for schools, churches, nonprofits, public services and veteran-owned businesses when a spot is open.
- Logo or image, up to 50 words and one link
- Also shown in the web archive copy
When a spot is open
Classified
$8 per issue
A short text ad in our Classifieds section, labeled "Sponsored." 4 issues for $24. Free for schools, churches, nonprofits, public services and veteran-owned businesses when a spot is open.
- Up to 30 words and one link
- Text only
Launch rates for a brand-new list, reviewed as we grow. Every paid spot is labeled "Sponsored." Pay securely with PayPal. Schools, churches, nonprofits, public services and veteran-owned businesses advertise free (Featured Events, Display Ads, Classifieds, labeled "Community Ad") in spots paid bookings don't use; sponsoring is optional for them, from $2 a month or $16 a year. A veteran-owned business that pays at any level, even $2 a month, runs at the very top of the issue (and of Featured Events and Classifieds), labeled "Sponsored."
Our sponsors
Become our first sponsor: ask about sponsoring.
Our supporters
Be one of our first Community Supporters, from $2 per month, or $16 a year: ask about sponsoring.
