Update readme page (#729)

* updates README file

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Signed-off-by: Aidan Delaney <adelaney21@bloomberg.net>
Signed-off-by: Hanan Younes <hanan.algazaley@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Hanan Younes <hanan.algazaley@gmail.com>

README.md

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 [![](https://github.com/buildpacks/docs/workflows/Deploy/badge.svg)](https://github.com/buildpacks/docs/actions)
 [![Gitpod ready-to-code](https://img.shields.io/badge/Gitpod-ready--to--code-blue?logo=gitpod)](https://gitpod.io/#https://github.com/buildpacks/docs)
 
-### Preview
+## Preview
+
+This repository contains the documentation for Cloud Native Buildpacks (CNBs), which are pluggable and modular tools that translate application source code into OCI container images.
+
+Read more about Cloud Native Buildpacks, the features they offer, and the story behind the project on our [website](https://buildpacks.io/).  
 
 ![buildpacks.io](https://image.thum.io/get/https://buildpacks.io)
 
 ## Management
 
 ### Calendar
 
-The calendar is managed via [teamup](https://teamup.com/ksxw26c3km72mq3imn). To request an alteration you may [create an issue](https://github.com/buildpacks/community/issues/new), reach out to a maintainer via [slack](https://slack.cncf.io) in #buildpacks-maintainers, post in [discussions](https://github.com/buildpacks/community/discussions).
+The calendar is managed via [teamup](https://teamup.com/ksxw26c3km72mq3imn). To request an alteration you may [create an issue](https://github.com/buildpacks/community/issues/new), reach out to a maintainer via [slack](https://slack.cncf.io) in #buildpacks-maintainers, or post in [discussions](https://github.com/buildpacks/community/discussions).
 
 ## Contributing
 
 We ❤ contributions.
 
-To learn more, read the [CONTRIBUTING][contributing], [RELEASE][release] and [DEVELOPMENT][development] documents.
+Cloud Native Buildpacks is better because of our contributors and maintainers. It is because of you that we can bring great software to the community.
+
+To get more involved with the project, read our [CONTRIBUTING][contributing], [RELEASE][release] and [DEVELOPMENT][development] documents.
 
 [contributing]: https://github.com/buildpacks/.github/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
 [development]: DEVELOPMENT.md
 [release]: RELEASE.md
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+Thanks for your interest in the Cloud Native Buildpacks project; your contributions are greatly valued and appreciated.
+
+## Stay Updated
+
+To get the latest updates on the project, follow us on [X](https://twitter.com/buildpacks_io), check out our [blog](https://medium.com/buildpacks), or join our [mailing list](https://lists.cncf.io/g/cncf-buildpacks).