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This month, meet @Rednewt74 ! Alfred is a Local Guide Level 8, and here’s what he shared.
1. Name: Alfred
2. Location: Brattleboro, Vermont, USA. Brattleboro is a town of about 12,000 people on the Connecticut River.
3. What I love about being a Local Guide: I love being able to give something back to a business where I had a great experience, by making them easier to find and putting up photos that show them in their best light and making it more likely for someone to choose to go there. I especially love it when I find a great place that somehow has not made it onto Maps yet and I get to add them.
4. My favorite thing to explore: I love all kinds of places. Looking through my reviews you might think I spend most of my time in coffee shops, bakeries, and ice cream shops. And I do love these places, but I especially like exploring and photographing churches, parks, and local farms.
5. Fun fact about me: Last summer, I was visiting Mashpee, MA, and made friends with a gentleman that lived there year-round. He and his neighborhood association had created a pond (which was visible on Google Maps, but unnamed) and he had been chosen to name it. He named it Frog’s Leap Pond. I was able to get the name added to Maps for him. He was so happy about that and it is the contribution to Maps that I am most proud of.
Read here about “When and how I became a Local Guide.”
Nice to meet you, Alfred! Local Guides, don’t miss the chance to say hi to Alfred in the comments below and share your introduction, too.
thank you so much for support me.
