Kristen Wojdan launched Frederick Lifestyle, a community-oriented publication being mailed directly to the most affluent homes in Frederick County every month, in July 2019.
After such a successful start, she got the opportunity to join forces with Lifestyle Publications’ corporate office and passed the reins to Amber Smith on January 1, 2020.
In July, right in the middle of a global pandemic, Frederick Lifestyle celebrated their one year anniversary!
We’re excited to see where this amazing local resource goes from here and, after a year and a half of being a part of the Frederick community, we can only imagine it’s up from here!
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Meet Frederick Lifestyle
What is Frederick Lifestyle?
Frederick Lifestyle is a highly community-oriented publication being mailed directly to the most affluent homes in Frederick County every month. While the distribution is strategically targeted to a specific demographic, the content is driven to include and incorporate anyone who calls Frederick home. My team and I are passionate about utilizing this platform to connect the fast-growing community, inspire action and volunteerism, and help local businesses thrive. We love that the magazine gives readers a much needed break from all the screens in their lives and offers positive, uplifting news and inspiration. As a lifestyle magazine, one of our main goals is to encourage the community to try new things – especially places they can eat, shop, visit and explore in the county. We hope our readers walk away from each edition feeling more connected to where they live and more importantly, to one another!
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What makes Frederick Lifestyle Unique?
“I have appreciation and admiration for all the media outlets in town and am thankful to have found my niche in the print world. Frederick Lifestyle is the only publication to go into nearly 9,000 affluent homes with no subscriptions or fees. From a business perspective, I can guarantee my advertisers who this magazine is getting in front of every single month. One of my main goals is to help my business partners become household names in Frederick County and I’m excited to say that I’m already starting to see that happen!”
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What Frederick Lifestyle is known for?
I want my business to be known for connection. We all know there is no shortage of problems in this world. Headlines bombard us all day with sad, discouraging, divisive news. Frederick Lifestyle is a sweet escape from the negativity. While we aren’t pretending hard things aren’t happening, our focus is to shine a light on all that is bright and beautiful right in front of us. I would love for community members and readers to feel seen, valued, appreciated, included and connected through this magazine. I want them to engage each month and feel grateful that Frederick is their home and that they are a part of what makes it special. And if they don’t, I hope the people and stories they encounter on each page spur them on to take action and join in on the connection taking place all around us.
What to know about Frederick Lifestyle? Check out their site here: Frederick Lifestyle
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