Fall & Holiday 2026

Your Business, On the Fridge of 5,000 Neighbors

One oversized 9x12 postcard mailed to 5,000 of the area's best mailboxes: hand-picked carrier routes through established, high-value neighborhoods. A handful of local businesses share the card, split the cost, and own their category. When a neighbor needs what you do, your name is already in the kitchen.

One business per category. Next deadline: Wednesday, September 30 at 11:59pm.

Sample Bastrop Current community card layout

Sample layout: businesses shown are examples.

From the publisher of the Bastrop Current, the newsletter your Bastrop County neighbors read every Thursday.

The Math

The numbers make sense. Here is the math.

6¢
per door
Your ad in a real mailbox

For less than a dime per home, and not just any homes: routes chosen for owner-occupied, established neighborhoods.

5 to 9x
response
Direct mail vs digital ads

Neighbors read what lands on the counter. They scroll past what lands in a feed.

1
per category
Category exclusivity

Your competitor cannot buy their way onto your card. Once you claim it, it is yours.

How It Works

Three steps, two minutes.

1
Pick your card

Choose the edition and town that fits your business below.

2
Claim your category

Click an open spot, check out in two minutes, and your category locks instantly.

3
We handle the rest

Free ad design if you need it, we print, we mail, you answer the phone.

The Lineup

Three cards. 5,000 hand-picked mailboxes. Through the holidays.

Next up: the Bastrop Fall Community card in mid-October, then two Holiday cards in November, one for Elgin and one for Bastrop and Cedar Creek. All three are open to any local business, always one business per category, on the best carrier routes in each town.

Bastrop / Cedar Creek
Presale Open

Fall Community

Edition

Bastrop / Cedar Creek
Lands mid-October 2026
Sponsor deadline Wednesday, September 30 at 11:59pm
Checking live spots…
Reserve on this card
Elgin
Presale Open

Holiday Community

Edition

Elgin
Lands mid-November 2026
Sponsor deadline Wednesday, October 28
Checking live spots…
Reserve on this card
Bastrop / Cedar Creek
Presale Open

Holiday

Edition

Bastrop / Cedar Creek
Lands mid-November 2026
Sponsor deadline Friday, October 23
Checking live spots…
Reserve on this card

Buy any future edition today. Your category locks the moment you pay, launch pricing applies, and artwork is not due until that card's deadline.

Founding Sponsors

Founding Sponsor pricing ends with these launch cards.

Lock your launch rate for a full year by staying on at least 3 cards a year.

Neighbors, Not Marketers

Big-city reach, small-town trust.

We are not a coupon clipper mailed from three states away. The Community Card is published right here in Bastrop by the same neighbor who writes your Thursday newsletter. Every card is curated, every category is protected, and every sponsor is a business we would send our own readers to.

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Ask us anything.

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