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Richmond officials communicate with public
Richmond Rescue posted a report to the citizens of Richmond, Vermont, on their local Front Porch Forum this week. It started…
Each quarter I will be posting a number of statistics about Richmond Rescue to help you stay more informed about our business.
In the first quarter of 2015 we went on 173 calls and transported 109 patients for a transport rate of 63%. Our average for this period in the last 3 years was 160 calls and 106 transports and a transport rate of 66%…
A Richmond FPF member responded today with…
I really liked seeing the Richmond Rescue statistics posted in Front Porch Forum. It gave me an even greater appreciation of the work these valuable volunteers provide our community.
With all of the talk about break-ins in town, I wonder if the police department could provide us with some up-to-date information in Front Porch Forum about what is going on. Are our crime statistics going up? Have any perpetrators been caught? What neighborhoods are being affected? What is the police department doing about the situation?
Front Porch Forum is a wonderful vehicle for getting out information to the community about current issues and concerns. The Town Clerk uses it frequently. The Rescue is now using it. I would like to see the police department use it as well to keep us informed and up to date.
Hearing aid recommendation saves the day
Sarah posted on the Shelburne Front Porch Forum yesterday…
I recently posted to FPF in search of recommendations for audiologists as my hearing aid had broken and I was looking for a second opinion. My current provider had suggested a hefty fee to fix my broken hearing aid and was going so far as to say that it needed replacement. Given the costs involved I believed it was wise to seek additional advice.
I received multiple replies to my post and I met with Dr. Julie Bier of Better Living Audiology in South Burlington. Lo and behold my hearing aid did not need to be replaced and the replacement part was substantially, read significantly, less than my (now former) practitioner was quoting. Thanks to Front Porch Forum I saved a considerable amount of money and have met a wonderful new physician!
Woodbury considers Town website
The tiny Town of Woodbury, Vermont, asked its citizens yesterday on the Woodbury Front Porch Forum if it should create a Town website. Since three-quarters of the Town’s 400 households participate on their local FPF, this was a sensible move.
The feedback is starting to come in. Here’s one person’s perspective…
If you decide to have a website, which is probably a good idea, please continue to post selectboard agendas and minutes on Front Porch Forum. It is convenient at this site and has visibility.
Many Vermont towns post public meeting agendas and minutes on their local FPF because so many people tune in there.
Most popular info source for road project updates?
WCAX reported recently that a VTrans survey found Front Porch Forum is the most popular source of information for updates about the Waterbury road projects.
How to get your event on the family calendar
Thanks to local bookstore owner superstar Josie Leavitt for her recent Publishers Weekly blog posting. In part…
… the family calendar is king. If an event makes it on the family calendar, then it’s very
likely folks will actually come and not just think about going. The family calendar runs the lives of everyone I know…
In less than two hours last night we had upwards of 12 people RSVP for an event with parenting expert Vicki Hoefle. We did not run an ad, nor did we do a radio spot. In fact, we spent no money at all. All we did was write up a modified press release for the event and post it on our local Front Porch Forum…
Read the full piece here. And check out The Flying Pig Bookstore in Shelburne, VT.
Contractors, doctors, house painters and… muskrats
Shared yesterday across various local Front Porch Forums… first from Jim on the Middlebury FPF…
WOW! I posted yesterday that I was looking for suggestions for contractors who could enclose a deck we have on our house and within a half hour of FPF coming out, my email box was blowing up with responses! At last count I think I got about 15 suggestions! Looks like I am going to have alot of phone calls to make! FPF is the best!
From Carolyn on her FPF in Essex Junction…
Boy! Was my mailbox full! Thanks to all of you who took the time to respond to my request re a family doctor. I will compile them all and pass the info on to my friend on Thursday. FPF is a terrific resource – but it is really all you neighbors who are great.
William on the South Hero FPF…
The response from our neighbors has been fantastic! We’ve received over a dozen replies to our request for interior painter recommendations and have narrowed our list to 3 candidates to whom we’ve reached out. Thanks for demonstrating once again that FPF is a great community resource and for your valuable input.
And, finally today, from Julie on the Hinesburg FPF…
Thanks so much for the amazing replies regarding our need to trap a muskrat. I love Front Porch Forum and am so grateful to be in such a generous and helpful community.
Vermont’s FPF featured on NPR’s All Things Considered
Wonderful to hear Front Porch Forum stories playing to a national audience on NPR’s All Things Considered.
And thanks to Vermont’s own Angela Evancie for nailing the facts while conveying the neighbor-helping-neighbor spirit of FPF.
Front Porch Forum co-founders Michael and Valerie Wood-Lewis run the company from their home office in Burlington, Vt. Credit: Angela Evancie/Vermont Public Radio
TechPresident and new book cover Vermont’s FPF
Front Porch Forum is featured in a new book by Allison Fine, as well as an article published on TechPresident today.
Allison’s book is called Matterness: Fearless Leadership For a Social World…
Many current and future leaders are locked inside their organizations afraid to venture out into the world. By doing so they are missing the true threat of avoiding the connected world. Here it is: Avoiders and their organizations become irrelevant literally don’t matter anymore and “age out” of their jobs and industries. Fear of losing control over every little detail prevents attention to details that do matter. Meanwhile precious energy is lost protecting yourself and your organization from change that’s not fully understood or appreciated. Exhaustion and inertia kick in. Bottom lines go red. Now that is the truly scary stuff.
Roots of Passion… finding happiness thru meaningful work
Check out Live Happy magazine on newsstands everywhere this month (Feb. 2015). “Roots of Passion” focuses on four people who “found happiness in lives filled with purpose and meaning,” including 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben and Front Porch Forum co-founder Michael Wood-Lewis…
Business owner offers $5,000 reward on FPF for info about fire
The Stowe Reporter used the Morrisville Front Porch Forum recently to learn…
A Morristown man is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for a fire that destroyed his business last year. But state fire investigators say the blaze wasn’t suspicious and there is no active investigation.
Most traditional media outlets in Vermont use their local FPFs for leads to stories that they investigate and report on. We’re glad to play this role… and others. Further, we appreciate when proper attribution is included in the piece, e.g….
He posted a notice on Front Porch Forum last week, offering a $5,000 reward in hope that someone would contact state police with information.
Stowe and the surround communities are fortunate to have the Reporter and the Record digging into local stories.
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