TMC Publications earns Small Business of the Year from Midway Chamber

Serving the Midway, Como and Frogtown areas, the Monitor continues to provide insight into both top-of-mind and lesser-known issues through thoughtful and unbiased writing, interviews and photos. The publication continues to be widely respected, reliable and well-read in the community and is one of the only ways to consistently reach residents and businesses that make up the Midway area.”

TMC Publications CO has been honored as the 2026 recipient of the Midway Chamber Small Business of the Year award. TMC Publications CO publishes the Midway Como Frogtown Monitor, Longfellow Nokomis Messenger, and Southwest Voices.

From the nomination:

In an ever-changing and challenging media landscape, independent, local journalism is increasingly rare. Every month, TMC Publications publishes three papers – Midway Monitor, Longfellow Nokomis Messenger and Southwest Voices – each of which covers a comprehensive range of topics important to their respective neighborhoods and businesses. Serving the Midway, Como and Frogtown areas, the Monitor continues to provide insight into both top-of-mind and lesser-known issues through thoughtful and unbiased writing, interviews and photos. The publication continues to be widely respected, reliable and well-read in the community and is one of the only ways to consistently reach residents and businesses that make up the Midway area.

Because of TMC journalists’ engagement in the community, the newspaper encapsulates a wide range of perspectives and topics. This knowledge has benefited the Midway Chamber by connecting us with prospective members and program topics and speakers. Every month, the Monitor includes a column written by Chad on a timely and pressing topic – enabling us to reach the Midway community, which would otherwise be difficult to do. As a reader, I use the Monitor as a community resource for information, insight and perspective; there’s isn’t a better way to have a finger on the pulse of what’s important to the Midway community – from education, business and local government to health & wellness, community events and more.

TMC relies on advertising income, as a for-profit business, yet publication representatives have a non-invasive sales approach to selling ad space. I have also appreciated that the newspaper issues are available for public viewing without a paywall, which has made it very easy to share articles. In addition to the Midway Chamber, TMC is also a member of the Minnesota Newspaper Association, Midwest Free Community Papers, and Association of Community Publishers. Finally, last year, through a Midway silent auction, I was the lucky winner of a donation from TMC that included items from local businesses and  a T-shirt with the saying “Free Thought – Free Speech – Free Press” in a basket made of repurposed newspapers!