Economic Development —
Glenn McRea of the Snelling Center for Government posted the following on his neighborhood’s Front Porch Forum today…
The Future of Vermont is is an important opportunity coming up. The Vermont Council on Rural Development is sponsoring a series of statewide forums on the “future” of Vermont. Front Porch Forum is an important part of that [...]
Peg from Shelburne sent a financial contribution to Front Porch Forum today along with this note of explanation…
I’m trying to put some of my “stimulus” cash into good causes since the gov’t apparently does not know how to do so. Plus, without Front Porch Forum, I would not have had so many neighborhood folks come [...]
Thanks to Elaine for this wonderful note today…
I just wanted to tell you that right after the announcement that I had started my business was posted on the Five Sisters Forum, I received an email from a prospective client. I’m happy to say that he is now an official client and I foresee a successful [...]
Congratulations to the Soup Mama, Lorraine Murray. Nice coverage in today’s newspaper…
The only thing better than a bowl of homemade soup in winter — at least for those of us who arrive home from work simultaneously with the family’s demands for food — is a bowl of homemade soup we didn’t actually have to make.
If [...]
The Planning Commissioners Journal blogs today that…
Free, new media have empowered neighborhood groups tremendously. A decade ago, anyone wanting to oppose a rezoning or a development had to go door to door or make scores of phone calls to get people to meetings. Time and distance greatly constrained what people could accomplish.
But now an increasing [...]
Good to read this posting today on my own neighborhood’s Front Porch Forum by Carolyn…
I had the glorious pleasure of listening to Bill McKibben speak this week at an AIA meeting. He is the guru on global warming, and has chosen to live in Vermont, too!
While he was answering questions about great things happening, he [...]
A fascinating article in the New York Times was brought to my attention today (thanks Hubert) about Babajob.com…
Babajob, by contrast, connects India’s elites to the poor at their doorsteps, people who need jobs but lack the connections to find them. Job seekers advertise skills, employers advertise jobs and matches are made through social networks.
Lauren writes in today…
I just want to write and give my thanks for what you have created. The forum is great. For me it provides a sense of community and neighborliness that I didn’t think was possible to achieve anymore.
I am sure you have much evidence by now of the Forum actively changing [...]
Antonio Rodriguez, founder of Tabblo (acquired by HP), makes some interesting points about East vs. West Coast dot.com start-up environments. In part…
The hardest part of embarking on a consumer Internet startup here in New England is finding wealthy veins of talent to mine out of big companies that provide relevant experience sets. From my [...]
Vermont Business People magazine has an interesting profile on AJ Rossman and his company Draker Laboratories… they are finding success…
The Burlington company manufactures performance-monitoring equipment, creates software, and provides reporting services for clients who produce energy with emerging green technologies, such as solar electric, wind energy and solar thermal power.
And I was glad to read [...]