08/31/2026
If you haven’t met Dakota yet, you’re missing out!
She’s the founder of Redding Now and has been dedicating her time to supporting local small businesses, helping them grow and sharing their businesses with her followers- all completely FREE!
We’re so grateful for people like her who genuinely want to see local businesses succeed.
If you want to help support Dakota on her journey, please take a moment to like, follow, and share Redding Now! Every little bit helps! 🫶🏼✨
🎉🖤 50,000+ FOLLOWERS… AND I’VE NEVER ASKED YOU GUYS FOR THIS BEFORE. PLEASE READ. 🙏
PUTTING MY PRIDE ASIDE… I NEED TO TELL YOU SOMETHING. 🖤
🚗💔 I HAVEN’T HAD A WORKING CAR THIS ENTIRE TIME, BUT I’VE NEVER LET THAT STOP ME FROM SHOWING UP FOR MY COMMUNITY.
I’M NOT ASKING ANYONE FOR MONEY. I’M ASKING YOU TO HELP ME GROW Redding NOW.
Please read 🫶
Redding NOW might be my page, but I made it FOR our community.
I truly believe:
“It doesn’t matter what community you’re a part of, you’re part of a community, and we should all lift each other up.” 🖤
Redding NOW is about so much more than advertising. We share local businesses, community events, important alerts, missing people and pets, fundraisers, local history, veteran remembrance, local stories, new businesses, grand openings, and so much more.
I started Redding NOW on December 20, 2024, after leaving an organization where I had been volunteering my time to help local businesses and our community.
When I first joined, I wasn't aware of all the arrangements that had already been made or what businesses had been promised. I was simply volunteering my time and doing what I was asked to do.
As I learned more about those arrangements, I became concerned after discovering that some local businesses had been charged significant amounts of money for services they were told they would receive, but in some situations, those services weren't actually being provided the way they had been promised or if at all.
There was one situation that really changed everything for me.
I was told to go retrieve money from a local business.
Instead, I went directly to the business owner and let them know what I had learned.
I couldn't bring myself to take money from a local business when I didn't believe they were receiving what they had been told they were paying for.
So I walked away.
I didn't leave to make money. I left because my conscience wouldn't allow me to stay.
And just so you guys know, I’ve been doing all of this for free. I don’t charge people to post, and I don’t charge local businesses to be featured. I’ve never expected anything in return.
I do it because I genuinely care about this community, and I know how hard it is out there for local businesses and everyday people. 🖤
I DIDN'T START REDDING NOW TO CREATE COMPETITION.
I started it because I wanted to do things differently.
I wanted local businesses to have a place where they could be seen free of charge because I understand how hard it is out there.
And I wanted our community to have a place where people could help one another.
🚗💔 THEN CAME THE CAR ACCIDENT.
Last year, I was in a car accident with my mom and my special needs little brother when an 18-year-old driver ran a red light and hit us.
I've been dealing with ongoing pain ever since, and I still haven't received a settlement from that accident.
Before the accident, I had money saved up from my job because I was planning on getting another vehicle.
Then the accident happened. I had to leave that job, and the money I had saved for a vehicle ended up going toward supporting myself, managing my pain, and everyday necessities.
So the car I had been saving for never happened.
A BIG SHOUTOUT AND THANK YOU to my mom Dee and my friend who have helped me with rides and have been so supportive of me through all of this. 🖤
And another HUGE shoutout to my special needs, nonverbal little brother Denny Mike for helping his big sister in his own special way. 🥹🖤
I truly couldn't do this without them.
Not having reliable transportation has limited what I can do, but I keep finding ways to show up.
And now, for the first time, I’m also announcing:
🖤 FACEBOOK HAS MONETIZED REDDING NOW. 🖤
Right now, I generally make only a few cents per post, if anything at all.
It’s not much, but it does add up, and I am SUPER thankful for every single penny. 🖤
My hope is that as Redding NOW grows, those earnings can eventually help me get reliable transportation and continue doing what I love.
🖤 I’ve also been considering sponsors.
If any local businesses or people in our community have ideas or would like to reach out about sponsorships, I’m open to hearing your suggestions. 🖤
I've been told many times that I should charge for what I do.
I know I probably could.
But I don't want money to change the reason I started Redding NOW.
I DON'T WANT TO BECOME WHAT I WALKED AWAY FROM.
So today, I’m putting my pride aside and saying:
🖤 I NEED YOUR HELP. 🖤
Not financially.
Just help me grow.
❤️ LIKE my posts
💬 COMMENT
🔄 SHARE
👀 WATCH my videos
📲 FOLLOW Redding NOW
🏪 TAG local businesses and people who should see my posts
Every interaction helps Redding NOW reach more people.
And because today is also about celebrating 51,000+ of you…
I FINALLY GOT MYSELF A SMALL YELLOW CAKE WITH SPRINKLES ON IT! 🎂💛😂
YOLO 🤣🖤
A HUGE SHOUTOUT AND THANK YOU to all 51,000+ of you who have been following my journey with Redding NOW.
Redding NOW might be my page, but I made it FOR our community.
I truly couldn't do this without you.
If we could all just help one another a little more, look out for one another, and lift each other up instead of tearing each other down…
Maybe the world really would be a better place. 🖤🌎
💬 Before you go…
WHY DO YOU FOLLOW REDDING NOW? 🖤
I’d genuinely love to hear what this page means to you. 🥹🖤
Thank you for taking the time to read... God bless you all. 🙏🖤
