For the people in the neighborhood
Independent neighborhood media doesn't run on luck — it runs on Neighbors. Your support pays the reporter on the beat, the writers in the magazine, and the producers on the air.
What you're keeping alive
Brownstone Worldwide isn't backed by a hedge fund or a media conglomerate. It's backed by Neighbors. Here's exactly what your support sustains.
In print & online
Our lifestyle and urban-culture magazine — real stories, real people, produced for the neighborhood instead of the algorithm.
On the air
Podcasts and shows that give the neighborhood a voice and a microphone — independent audio you actually trust.
The newsroom
News, information, and community reporting you can rely on. Independent journalism that answers to you, not advertisers.
Why it's worth it
Most of what reaches you was built to win a click, sold to an advertiser, and written by someone who's never set foot on your block. We do the opposite — and that's exactly what your support protects.
The ask, plainly
We need 30 Neighbors to give $50 a month. Not "support local media, someday, somehow." Thirty people. Fifty dollars. Here's exactly what it buys.
Your money pays a working reporter to bring you the news of this neighborhood — the meetings, the openings, the decisions being made about your block while you're at work.
It pays the writers who deliver the top-of-class stories you've come to expect in Brownstone Living Magazine — commissioned, edited, and produced right here.
It keeps CityScape Radio producing — hosts, editing, and new seasons of shows that give the neighborhood a microphone no corporate feed will hand it.
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30 Neighbors × $50 a month = $18,000 a year of guaranteed, independent journalism. No conglomerate required.
Light one of the 30What your support is building right now
Good coverage isn't built the week the story breaks. It's built months ahead, quietly, so the answers are ready the moment the neighborhood needs them. Here's what's in production this season:
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Clear, plain-language answers to the questions people actually ask — what's open, what's changing, what's coming, and where to show up.
First-person stories from the community that no national outlet would ever commission — and that our Neighbors tell us they can't find anywhere else.
More shows, more voices from the neighborhood, more conversations you won't hear on a corporate feed.
The reporting everyone needs stays outside the paywall — funded by the Neighbors who can, on behalf of those who can't.
Become a Neighbor
Pick a level and a rhythm. Change or cancel anytime — this is a membership, not a contract.
Billed once a month.
Fuels: the free essentials — news the whole block gets, whether they can pay or not.
Fuels: magazine writers — the stories worth keeping on your shelf.
Fuels: a working reporter on the neighborhood beat. This is the tier we're asking 30 Neighbors to claim.
Founding Neighbor. Want to give more — or name your own amount? Set the figure that feels right and join the Neighbors who keep the whole block standing.
Name your amountNew this season
Pay $500 upfront — a full year as a Cornerstone Neighbor — and we'll do something no membership card can: we'll run a free ad in Brownstone Living Magazine for an entire year, for the charity of your choice.
You keep the porch light on twice. Once for independent journalism, and once for the cause closest to your heart — its name in print, in every issue, because you stepped up.
Works for individuals and businesses alike — if your business wants to back the mission and be seen doing it, this is the door. Tell us the organization; we'll handle the rest.
once, upfront — a year of Cornerstone (two months on us)
Every Neighbor who steps up keeps the light on for the whole block. This isn't charity — it's ownership of something that belongs to all of us. Every supporter is listed, by name, on our Wall of Neighbors.
#ImANeighbor
Into people, not overhead: a reporter paid to cover this neighborhood's news, the writers behind Brownstone Living Magazine, the producers and hosts of CityScape Radio, and the printing and day-to-day of running an independent newsroom. No conglomerate skimming off the top.
It's our whole ask this season, said plainly: 30 Neighbors giving $50 a month. That's $18,000 a year — enough to guarantee real reporting on this neighborhood, funded by this neighborhood. The tracker on this page fills in one porch light at a time as Neighbors claim their spot.
Pay $500 upfront — a full year at the Cornerstone level — and name a charity. We'll run a free ad for that organization in Brownstone Living Magazine for twelve months, on us. Your support funds the journalism; your Spotlight lifts a cause you love. One payment, two porch lights.
No. Brownstone Worldwide is an independent, for-profit media company, so this is a membership contribution — like supporting your favorite independent creator — not a charitable donation. We'd rather tell you that plainly than have it surprise you at tax time.
Anytime, in a couple of clicks. Switch levels, change from monthly to annual, or pause — it's your membership, and you're always in control.
Supporting keeps the lights on and earns you a Neighbor's recognition. Advertising and our Partner program are about actively promoting your business. Different doors — and we're happy to walk you to the right one.