Burlington —
Pundit Seth Godin hit a homer yesterday with his blog post about the trade offs of pursuing the mindless masses of speed clickers vs. seeking small groups of folks who are really paying attention. Sayeth Seth…
The net has spawned two new ways to create and consume culture.
The first is the wide-open door for amateurs [...]
“May I post a political item on my Front Porch Forum?”
We get that question all the time here at FPF… especially leading up to Town Meeting Day and November elections.
The answer, of course, is “YES!” Some of our members are disappointed to hear that. They express a desire to keep FPF conversation “polite,” which therefore [...]
From Joanne today in South Burlington, in response to recent media coverage of Front Porch Forum…
I live in one of the neighborhoods served by Front Porch Forum (FPF), the electronic neighborhood networking tool described by Bill McKibben in the most recent issue of Yankee Magazine.
The article described how useful FPF is for finding lost cats, [...]
Carrie Leber writes on The Christian Science Monitor website about the challenges of living with difficult neighbors. Her bottom line…
Maybe Internet forums, not fences, are what make good neighbors.
After discussing her own hard-to-live-with neighbors, she says…
Ironically, rather than face-to-face discussions, it may be that the Internet is the best source of info about potentially [...]
Amazing! It’s not every day that an author of Bill McKibben’s statue writes a feature story about Front Porch Forum… let alone with a subtitle of “How New England can save the world!” But there it is… in the March/April 2010 issue of Yankee Magazine. Here’s a snippet…
Susan Comerford, a longtime community organizer and now [...]
How many people have we heard from who want to blast their political message across a wide swath of Front Porch Forum? Too many to count.
It makes sense. FPF has a huge local audience and Town Meeting Day is March 2… less than a week away. Candidates, political parties, advocacy groups… they all are working [...]
Thanks to VT State Rep. Suzi Wizowaty and 23 co-sponsors for honoring Front Porch Forum users with HCR235!
House Concurrent Resolution 235
Congratulating Front Porch Forum on Its 10th Anniversary
Offered by: Representatives Wizowaty of Burlington, Aswad of Burlington, Bissonnette of Winooski, Donovan of Burlington, Frank of Underhill, Head of South Burlington, Heath of Westford, Jerman of Essex, [...]
AARP Vermont recently announced a new grant program to fund grassroots projects around Burlington…
“These sponsorships are intended to inspire and support grassroots groups that have a vision for their neighborhood or the city and how it can be improved to the meet the needs of all residents,” said Jennifer Wallace-Brodeur of AARP Vermont. “The sponsorship [...]
Local businesses reach out to neighbors through Front Porch Forum every day in a number of ways.
Small start-ups simply post to their nearby neighbors letting folks know that they are open for business. Other companies purchase advertising. Nonprofits often ask their supporters to post event announcements, each on his/her own FPF neighborhood forum. Local institutions [...]
What’s your favorite book or song or other creation that celebrates neighborhood life? Hard to beat Sesame Street of yore.
Burlington’s Fletcher Free Library just got The Big Orange Splot, a children’s book by Daniel Manus Pinkwater (1977, Scholastic Inc.). Gotta love a good kid book about neighbors, difference, and taking initiative. Groovy illustrations too. My [...]