Archives for March 2008
Sometimes it’s the little things that open up communication among neighbors. Here’s a message from Linda and George that was just posted on an until-now-sleepy Essex Junction, VT, neighborhood forum…
“Many thanks to all of our neighbors for helping with the search for our indoor black cat. So many of you called to say you [...]
At its best, Front Porch Forum simply provides a venue for some pent up community issue to bubble up and get addressed. This may be the case in a part of South Burlington, VT recently where neighbors discussed an opening on the City Council…
“I have been concerned that our neighborhood does not have adequate [...]
Andy Potter of WCAX in Burlington, VT knows a good story when he sees one!
Please vote for us! And help spread the word… one vote per email address. Read/add comments.
Thanks Andy…
In the excitement around Front Porch Forum’s selection for the big national Make It Your Own Awards, I neglected to share our new video clip! You can see it below, on YouTube, on the contest site, and on local access TV (schedules below)…
Special thanks to CCTV Channel 17 (Meghan O’Rourke, Sam Mayfield and Lauren-Glenn [...]
It’s inspiring to moderate Front Porch Forum in Vermont. Here’s part of Alan S.’s posting to his Burlington neighbors today…
Hello Neighbors - I assume that the rest of you are as ready for flowers and grass as I am. Enough of this cold and dreariness already!! I had a tree topple on [...]
More and more people are voting online in the Make It Your Own Awards… hopefully lots of them casting one vote for Front Porch Forum. If you tried and the site failed, please try again using this simpler voting site.
More comments from voters…
“I voted. IT was a great site! A lot of really COOL [...]
Front Porch Forum is in tiny Vermont… we’re definitely the underdog in the Make It Your Own vote. But maybe we can pull off a miracle. We’re starting to hear from folks…
“Would like to vote and help you out–I think the fpf is the best thing since sliced bread–better even!” -Linda G.
“I [...]
People use Front Porch Forum in lovely ways. The other day a proud mother shared the following with her neighbors…
“We are pleased to tell the community that [our son], an eight-year member of Huntington Troop 645, passed his Board of Review last week and is now an Eagle Scout.”
She provided some detail and showed [...]
Craigslist is a force of nature, an amazing thing. So is a tornado and a virtual funnel cloud hit Robert Salisbury in Oregon recently when someone posted a bogus ad on the local Craigslist saying he had suddenly moved away and everything on his property was free for the taking… even his horse.
As he [...]
Big news for Front Porch Forum and its thousands of local members…
The Case Foundation just named Front Porch Forum among the Top 20 (out of nearly 5,000 entrants) in its national Make It Your Own Awards. And today starts one month of online public voting to narrow the field to the Final Four, each [...]