We’re still taking it easy over here throughout the holidays. We will be back to our full content schedule in the new year, but we wanted to wish everybody a Merry Christmas! You will get your regular Monday newsletter this upcoming Monday, with no newsletter next Thursday.

While we have your attention, as well, we wanted to say thank you! Thank you for welcoming us into your weekly routines and for sticking with us as we expand out what NWI Explored is and can be. We’re two guys from the Region who had an idea to start something: something that evoked how WE felt about the place that we grew up. We wanted to spotlight the diversity and incredible uniquity of this place we all call home, and while we might only be scratching the surface so far, the support of all you - the Explorers - has made it feel possible that we can get there one day.

Into the new year, we have big plans for NWI Explored. We want this newsletter to be bigger than just a couple of emails every week. We want to help tell the story of NWI across every channel that we can and make sure that every reader is getting some value out of every newsletter, Instagram post, and random repost that we share. NWI Explored wouldn’t be anything without your support, so we just have to say thank you one final time.

We will see you all on Monday for the last regular NWIE post of the year 2025. Stay tuned and, as always, happy exploring!