What is it about Australia? We get requests frequently from folks down under asking about bringing Front Porch Forum to their shores. Here’s one from today…
Have you considered extending this concept overseas? A good story always travels well. By the way, I am an American and grew up in Detroit/Grosse Pointe, MI. We used to know all our neighbours back in the 60s & early 70s. I have been living in Australia for some 17 years now and even here I try to do this with my neighbours and always introduce myself to new arrivals, but with your inspiration I would like to take it further. -Lars
Wow… Middlesex FPF is on fire! Over the first few months of Front Porch Forum being available to the good folks of this small central Vermont town, they have really put it to work. Already 300 members (out of 720 total households in town) have joined and posted 670 messages!
This is thanks, in part, to e-Vermont. Applications from other Vermont towns are welcome by Nov. 17, 2010.
Ghost of Midnight is an online journal about fostering community within neighborhoods, with a special focus on Front Porch Forum (FPF). My wife, Valerie, and I founded FPF in 2006... read more