Archives for February 2009
Looks like the New York Times is moving into the neighborhood-online world, according to this post…
The New York Times (NYT) will experiment with hyperlocal blogs, starting with two next Monday, Brownstoner reports. Each site will be led by a NYT journalist, but the paper will also use free neighborhood contributors and will work with CUNY [...]
With each passing election, candidates for local and state-level office use Front Porch Forum more and more. We’ve been evolving our policy on this, centered on serving our subscribers’ interest and not giving incumbents or any other class an unfair advantage.
Many candidates are taking advantage of our posting policy leading up to the March 3 [...]
Burlington is bursting with civic-minded people who act on their convictions… from shoveling a neighbor’s sidewalk to taking on drug dealing. The City throws a great annual party — Neighborhood Night of Success — to celebrate people and projects, share a meal and music, and mingle. I recommend attending… March 25, 2009. Also, Ita Meno [...]
We’re thrilled with our recent expansion into Starksboro, VT. This is Front Porch Forum’s first step outside of our Chittenden County pilot… albeit a small step. Apparently, we’re not the only ones excited… 50 households signed up in the first week (7% of the town), despite no real marketing effort. And here’s a lovely comment [...]
We’ve seen time and again that one or two citizens can’t get much action out of City Hall. But put 20 or 200 neighbors together behind an issue, and voilá.
Here’s a posting on FPF yesterday from Burlington City Councilor Russ Ellis…
A few days ago, Christy Lorraine called our attention to the problem of sewage backup [...]
People ask why some FPF neighborhood forums are more vibrant than others. Here’s one answer…
Greetings neighbors! When my husband and I moved into the neighborhood in May last year, we immediately signed up for Front Porch Forum. Our previous neighborhood forum in South Burlington exhibited quite a bit of friendly action; everything ranging from seniors [...]
So much positive neighbor-helping-neighbor stuff goes on through Front Porch Forum. This posting today on the FPF ONE West Neighborhood Forum was hard to read…
We discovered yesterday that our storage space at the old April Cornell building on the corner of North Ave and Berry St. was ransacked and things were stolen. Included in the [...]
From Greg Sterling today…
Here’s a general article on the local market from Business Week. Many people have seen it and emailed me about it.
It bothers me because it’s pretty superficial…
Here’s the reality, which BW either doesn’t fully “get” or seem to want to explore in sufficient depth:
Local is about offline — money spent in physical [...]
People in Huntington know how to get organized! A person there posted on Front Porch Forum a question about propane prices… the heating fuel choice of many. Well, one thing led to another — research, discussion, wheeling and dealing — and voila! From Linda tonight…
The day I talked to Tina at Suburban she was calling [...]
Looks like FreeCycle has built its own software after many years operating through Yahoo Groups. Check out this international web service at My Free Cycle.