Neighborhood Link
Raymond Robinson
303-830-0123 x111
pr@neighborhoodlink.com
www.neighborhoodlink.com
Neighborhood Link and Tesoro Announce Sponsorship Agreement
Tesoro is the first exclusive sponsor to sign agreement in San Antonio
DENVER, March 15, 1999 - Neighborhood Link (www.neighborhoodlink.com), the Internet-based community network that enables neighborhoods in participating metropolitan areas to create their own free, interactive Web sites today announced that it has signed its first San Antonio sponsorship agreement in a one-year exclusive deal with Tesoro Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: TSO), the second largest independent refining and marketing company in the western United States. Tesoro is sponsoring Neighborhood Link as a public service for its 35th anniversary in conjunction with the launch of its corporate Web site (www.tesoropetroleum.com) that will be unveiled in April.
“We are pleased to provide sponsorship of Neighborhood Link as a public service for the city of San Antonio, in commemoration of our 35th anniversary,” said Andrea L. Simpson, vice president of corporate relations for Tesoro. “Neighborhood Link has developed a one-of-a-kind civic resource for the San Antonio region from which we think all of our neighborhoods can really benefit.”
Neighborhood Link offers a unique corporate sponsorship opportunity through both grassroots marketing to every neighborhood in a given metro area and through allowing sponsors the chance to be able to proclaim themselves as underwriters of a cutting edge, civic communication vehicle. Neighborhood Link is limited to six category exclusive corporate sponsors in each city that are valid for one year. Neighborhood Link sponsors in other metro areas include: AT&T, Conoco, Les A. Pfenning/ReMax, Medved Auto Dealerships, Progressive Insurance and Village Homes.
“We are pleased that a major petroleum company like Tesoro has sponsored Neighborhood Link for San Antonio online neighborhoods,” said Ted Pinkowitz, CEO of Neighborhood Link. “We are excited to offer our extensive civic resources to this region and hope to add more local sponsors soon.”
Neighborhood Link becomes fully integrated into participating communities through community partnerships with local governments, neighborhood groups and community organizations such as public schools, police departments and community newspapers. Each neighborhood Web site provides useful information such as event and meeting schedules, important notices, the association’s newsletter, local school listings, connections to police departments, community newspapers, interactive maps, additional pages for special-interest groups, interactive discussion areas and much more.
About Neighborhood Link
Neighborhood Link (www.neighborhoodlink.com) is an Internet-based community network that enables neighborhoods in participating metropolitan areas to create their own free, interactive Web sites. Neighborhood Link, which launched in 1998, becomes fully integrated into communities through partnerships with local governments, neighborhood groups and community organizations, including public schools, libraries, police departments and community newspapers. Denver-based Neighborhood Link serves eleven U.S. metropolitan areas - Colorado Springs, Denver, Jacksonville, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, San Antonio, San Diego, Tampa and Tucson - and plans to be in more than 20 markets by July 1999. For more information about obtaining your own free neighborhood Web site, call toll-free 1-888-241-0123.
About Tesoro Petroleum Corporation
Tesoro Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: TSO) is the second largest independent refining and marketing company in the western United States, Petroleum Administration for Defense District V (PADD V). It operates refineries in Alaska, Hawaii and Washington, and supplies gasoline at more than 230 branded retail gasoline stations in Alaska, Hawaii and the Northwest United States. The company's marine services are located along the U.S. Golf and West Coasts, and its exploration and production operations are in Texas, Louisiana and in Bolivia.
