Archives for August 2008
Just stumbled across this exchange posted on AllExperts.com… (thanks David!)…
Expert: David Beckett
Date: 8/27/2008
Subject: Temporary Housing
Question
Hi David - I read your answers about Burlington and my husband & I decided to move here from Los Angeles a few months ago… We love it here. I am French and we need to go back to France for [...]
With so much local interest in Front Porch Forum, I love to accept offers to engage an audience. Here’s one that’s coming right up…
Mon., Sept. 15, 7pm — Connecting with your Essex Neighbors using Front Porch Forum-Michael Wood-Lewis will share tips and stories about how neighborhoods and towns across Chittenden County are making great use [...]
Vermont Public Television recently broadcast an hour-long show about the May 29, 2008 symposium in Burlington that explored the community impact of Vermont becoming an “e-state”… that is, full broadband and cell coverage of the entire state. Lots of compelling speakers, including a bit about Front Porch Forum.
Thanks to Heather Belcher at Sweet Clover Market in the Essex Shoppes for running this bit in her e-newsletter…
As summer winds down and fall comes blowing down from the hills, people also tend to see more of their neighbors… at least until the snow starts flying. What a great time to sign up for Front [...]
Well… one moment it’s Burlington neighbors coming together through Front Porch Forum to share news of a rash of property damage (looks like the police may have caught the vandal due to this vigilance). And the next, it’s a lovely story from Huntington about neighbors rallying to help… well… read for yourself…
We just wanted to [...]
Wow… an early morning confrontation of one of Burlington’s vandals/taggers… with photos! Front Porch Forum members sticking up for their neighborhoods in Burlington’s Hill and Old North End areas…
First from Jeff on the FPF ONE East Neighborhood Forum (posted August 25, 2008 - 1:31 pm)…
A new type of vandalism is now occurring in the [...]
Rich Gordon writes today about his journalist-programmer program at Northwestern’s journalism school. He’s looking for a project idea…
For more than half a century, newspaper readership has been declining - and so have a variety of other indicators of civic and community engagement, such as participation in PTA’s, membership in bowling leagues and turnout on Election [...]
Heard today from Monique in Berkeley, CA…
We were visiting family in Burlington, VT, and found a house sitting via a friend of a friend via Front Porch Forum!! It was GREAT!! … I am desperately trying to find an effective way to communicate with my block in [Berkeley] re: emergency preparedness, crime prevention. block parties, [...]
The Snelling Center for Government continues to push on its e-state work. I spoke at the event it co-hosted recently focusing on the question of building the sense of community locally as Vermont moves forward on broadband and cell phone coverage.
Tune in online for conversation and on TV on August 21, 2008 at 8 PM [...]
Local college professors invite me to address their students occasionally about Front Porch Forum. The classes range from social work to entrepreneur-ism to tech. And I usually get a little positive feedback, but sometimes it’s hard to tell if the message is getting through.
So I was especially pleased to get this wonderful note from Jennifer [...]