Reach the parents of Grass Lake every week.

Grass Lake Mom is the hyperlocal news, events, and community hub for parents in our village. Our readers are the people who actually live here — moms and dads picking up at GLES, scrolling between PTO meetings, looking for somewhere to take the kids on a Saturday. They're deciding where to grab coffee, where to send their kid to summer camp, who to call when the dishwasher breaks, and where to find a birthday party gift on a Wednesday afternoon.

If you sell to local parents, this is where they are.

Who reads it

Readers in Grass Lake, East Jackson, Manchester, Napoleon, Stockbridge and the surrounding Jackson County communities – typically those with children enrolled in Grass Lake School District.

Where your ad shows up

Sponsored placements appear in the right sidebar in three locations:

• Homepage — alongside the "Around Town" stories at the top of the page. Highest visibility.
• Tag pages — alongside posts on category pages like Schools, Family Life, Local Business, and the Warriors Schedule.
• Single posts — alongside the post body on every story we publish. Sticky, so it stays visible while readers scroll.

Each ad links directly to your website, online store, or booking page.

What's in an ad

Two ad styles, your pick:

Text ad
A small card with a headline, a sentence about what you offer, a "Learn more →" link, and a "Sponsored" label. Best for short pitches, special offers, or when you don't have a good square image.

• Headline up to 50 characters
• Body up to 150 characters
• A clickable link

Image ad
Just your image with a small "Sponsored" caption underneath. No box, no extra text — clean and visual. Best for established brands, logo-only ads, or seasonal art.

• A square image (we recommend 240×240px, accept up to 800×800)
• A clickable link

You pick which style by what you provide — give us text and we'll build a text ad; give us just an image and we'll build an image ad. We'll help you set it up either way.

Pricing

Founding sponsor rates
Locked in for as long as your account stays active:

Quarterly billing: pay 3 months up front, get the 4th free.

Sponsored posts

Beyond sidebar ads, we occasionally publish sponsored editorial posts — long-form pieces about your business, written in our voice, with a clear "Sponsored by" tag. These run $50 each (~600 words) and stay live on the site forever.

If you have a new business, a special event, or a story worth telling at length, get in touch to talk it through.

How to get started

Head over to our contact page and send us a note with:

1. Your business name and website
2. Which plan you're interested in
3. Whether you'd like a text ad or an image ad
4. Your image and/or copy (or let us know you'd like help making it — we can usually mock something up for you)
5. Any preferences on when you'd like the ad to start

We'll respond within two business days, set everything up, and send you a preview link to approve before the ad goes live.

Questions