Monthly Archives: February 2010

Saving money in Vermont… neighborhood group purchases

Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 by 3 comments

Need to pinch pennies in this tight economy?  Who doesn’t!

We’ve seen plenty of neighbors chasing lower prices by pulling together through Front Porch Forum to form group purchases.  In Huntington, it’s propane.  Other neighborhoods in Essex, South Burlington, Burlington, and Richmond have aggregated their purchasing power to get better deals on driveway paving, trash hauling, fuel oil, house painting, tree trimming, snow removal and more.  From today’s Huntington FPF…

There was a group of folks last year who got this going, and we took advantage.  Thank you to the folks who organized it… It was with Suburban Propane.  Phone: 864-9821  Call them and ask for Tina.  Tell her you want to be part of the Front Porch Forum group plan, and I think it was about $2.67/gal last year based on our small consumption (<500 gal/yr).  This was compared to over $4/gal…

Keeping up with the Jones?

Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2010 by No comments yet

How rich are you?  That’s the question that the website Global Rich List asks.  How do you stack up to the neighbors?

Well, if you consider yourself a global citizen, you may be surprised.  Enter your annual income and see for yourself.  Compelling.

I’d love to see a Global Neighbor List that would rate folks based on social capital, rather than just financial capital.

Help give FPF neighbor-connection work big boost

Posted on Monday, February 1, 2010 by 1 comment

Please take a moment to vote for Front Porch Forum‘s proposal to the Knight News Challenge.  The Knight Foundation awards about $5 million each year to promising projects in the local news arena.

FPF’s application made it through the first round of judging and is now among about 200 finalists… exciting!

Click here to vote… then click on the right-most star… and leave a comment at the bottom.