Comments on: Investing in Community during Economic Crisis http://blog.frontporchforum.com/2008/12/05/756/ ... about neighbors, community and Front Porch Forum Thu, 03 May 2012 18:53:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Pam Mikkelsen http://blog.frontporchforum.com/2008/12/05/756/#comment-991583 Pam Mikkelsen Sun, 22 May 2011 18:49:32 +0000 http://frontporchforum.com/blog/?p=756#comment-991583 Does anyone know a reliable chimley repair contrractor? Does anyone know a reliable chimley repair contrractor?

]]> By: Michael http://blog.frontporchforum.com/2008/12/05/756/#comment-991051 Michael Fri, 20 May 2011 14:33:57 +0000 http://frontporchforum.com/blog/?p=756#comment-991051 Thanks Fran. Glad to hear it. FPF is a little sleepy in your area. One way to make it more vibrant is to ask one question/week for a month or two. Post the question to your neighbors via FPF and ask that they respond to your forum (not just to you directly). Sample questions... - Any wildlife sightings recently? - Best local ice cream? - Which mechanic/plumber/roofer/etc. do folks recommend? - Favorite places to canoe/hike/watch the sunset/etc.? It's like priming a pump... once the communication is flowing among neighbors, it'll keep going on its own... but it often needs some steady pumping to get it flowing. Thanks Fran. Glad to hear it. FPF is a little sleepy in your area. One way to make it more vibrant is to ask one question/week for a month or two. Post the question to your neighbors via FPF and ask that they respond to your forum (not just to you directly).

Sample questions…
- Any wildlife sightings recently?
- Best local ice cream?
- Which mechanic/plumber/roofer/etc. do folks recommend?
- Favorite places to canoe/hike/watch the sunset/etc.?

It’s like priming a pump… once the communication is flowing among neighbors, it’ll keep going on its own… but it often needs some steady pumping to get it flowing.

]]> By: Fran http://blog.frontporchforum.com/2008/12/05/756/#comment-991047 Fran Fri, 20 May 2011 14:26:56 +0000 http://frontporchforum.com/blog/?p=756#comment-991047 Michael, Hooray for Front Porch Forum. I use it mostly to find out what is happening at the Library and with local events. I also see it as a great way to create community, which we definitely need in these times of hectic lives and tensions across groups of people. Michael, Hooray for Front Porch Forum. I use it mostly to find out what is happening at the Library and with local events. I also see it as a great way to create community, which we definitely need in these times of hectic lives and tensions across groups of people.

]]> By: Recession Response… steal from vs. help neighbors at Ghost of Midnight http://blog.frontporchforum.com/2008/12/05/756/#comment-487746 Recession Response… steal from vs. help neighbors at Ghost of Midnight Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:19:44 +0000 http://frontporchforum.com/blog/?p=756#comment-487746 [...] fact FPF is flooded with neighbor-helping-neighbor stories.  Here a some recent ones… and kids food drives, a new community chorus, and daily occurances such as this visit from [...] [...] fact FPF is flooded with neighbor-helping-neighbor stories.  Here a some recent ones… and kids food drives, a new community chorus, and daily occurances such as this visit from [...]

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