[5]" After expanding into the Dallas–Fort Worth metro area in March 2011,[6] the media company was featured by Editor & Publisher,[7] CISION[8] and CultureMap Austin.

[10] In late 2012, Community Impact Newspaper announced plans to build a new $2.5 million headquarters in Pflugerville, TX,[11] and the 16,000-square-foot office was completed in December 2013.

In 2018, Community Impact Newspaper announced its first launch outside of Texas into Phoenix, Arizona, debuting in Gilbert and from there growing into Chandler.

[16] They removed “newspaper” from their name, changed their logo and updated their mission statement as a symbol of their “flywheel” strategy, which aims to develop digital products on par with print and recognize the significance of both for readers.

In April 2023, Texas Monthly did a feature profile on John Garrett and Community Impact, giving details on the thriving business given the struggling print and news industries.