The Garland Messenger was founded in 2008 and is owned by the family of Nancy Ghirla, its editor.
Born and raised in the City of Chicago with a background that includes public relations, broadcast communications, new product development and launching, direct marketing, copy writing, on-camera product sales on QVC, international marketing and product launches and convention planning for the Direct Marketing Association of America, Nancy couldn’t retire from the business world while helping to raise 2 grandchildren. Noticing what she considered to be a certain lack of civic pride in many of its citizens, she launched her own public relations campaign to enhance the image of Garland.