Congratulations to our 22 Front Porch Forum “Nine Words for 2009” raffle winners and thanks to our prize donors!
1. Michele Sandquist, Bolton — Higher Ground
2. Jeremy Brotz, Burlington — ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain
3. Emily Eschner, Burlington — Sleepy Hollow Inn
4. Kurt Kaffenberger, Burlington — Vermont Frost Heaves
5. Krista Nickerson, Burlington — The Grass Gauchos
6. Susan Rutherford, Burlington — Gardener’s Supply
7. Zach Usadi-Henrickson, Burlington — Burlington Telecom
8. Laurel Maurer, Colchester — Seventh Generation
9. Colin McNaull, Hinesburg — The Grass Gauchos
10. LindaLou Parker, Essex Junction — Trading Post for Little Folks
11. Laurie Darling, Milton — Aikido of Champlain Valley
12. Patricia Bezalel, Shelburne — PhotoGarden
13. Lori Peckham, Shelburne — Woolen Mill Health Club
14. Peter Baldor, Richmond — Woolen Mill Health Club
15. Joe O’Brien, Richmond — ReCycle North
16. Tim Barritt, South Burlington — Sleepy Hollow Inn
17. Loretta Marriott, South Burlington — Higher Ground
18. Max Henson-Stroud, Westford — Trading Post for Little Folks
19. Chuck McGill, Westford — Sweet Clover Market
20. Kevin Stephens, Williston — Higher Ground
21. Liz Dallas, Winooski — Aikido of Champlain Valley
22. Petie Shea-Gamache, Winooski — Woolen Mill Health Club
You can say a lot with a little. Witness Hemingway’s short, short story: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”
To celebrate 2009 and have a little fun, we invite Front Porch Forum members (any resident of Chittenden County, VT is eligible) to submit postings to their neighborhood forum between now and Jan. 9, 2009. Any message that has EXACTLY nine words will be entered into a raffle for the following 22 prizes…
Don’t delay! Post your “car for sale,” “seeking snow removal” or “lost cat” message today… or share a neighborhood resolution, poem, joke, hope for our nation… you decide. Any nine-word posting received by Front Porch Forum between now and Jan. 9 will be entered in the raffle! An individual may enter the drawing up to twice a day.
UPDATE 1: Posting a comment to this blog will NOT enter you in the raffle! You must post to your FPF neighborhood forum to enter the drawing.
Thanks to our raffle sponsors and happy 2009! -Michael
P.S. Thanks to Champlain College Professor Tim Brookes for inspiration (hey, that’s nine words!).
P.P.S. Trouble posting? Read this.
UPDATE 2: Here are some of the entries that are flooding in. And more. And here are the winners!
Christopher Allen writes about group sizes… a critical issue in the design of Front Porch Forum.
Molly Walsh covered the the conversion of more Burlington streets to “residents only” parking in today’s Free Press. This issue got a working over in the FPF South Union Neighborhood Forum recently, or, as Molly put it, the topic had “an active debate on the neighborhood social-networking site, Front Porch Forum.”
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