Comments on: Neighbourhoods Online: 10 Great Local Community Websites

By: matt

matt — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:48:24 +0000

Thanks for the clarifications, Michael. Yes, I remember reading somewhere that you had 50% of the households in your pilot neighbourhood posting. Great stuff!

By: Michael Wood-Lewis

Michael Wood-Lewis — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:38:45 +0000

Thanks Matt! Good stuff you’ve shared here. To clarify a bit…

Front Porch Forum hosts networks of online neighborhood forums that blanket a metro area. In our pilot area, we host 130 forums across all of Chittenden County, Vermont, USA. About 12,000 households subscribe so far, including one-third of our primary city, Burlington. We started with our own Five Sisters neighborhood in 2000 and now 90% of our 400 neighboring households subscribe (and 50% post!). We went county-wide in 2006 using our own software. We are working now to expand beyond our pilot in 2009. People make incredible use of this free service… we’re humbled that so much good flows through our simple platform. Details…

http://frontporchforum.com/blog/recognition-and-awards
http://frontporchforum.com/testimonials

Cheers! -Michael

By: matt

matt — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:50:09 +0000

Thanks for the correction, Hugh. I’ve updated the article.

(and nice going, btw!)

By: Hugh Flouch

Hugh Flouch — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:31:15 +0000

Many thanks for the mention Matt – just a wee correction (because I’m feeling pedantic today – sorry :o) ). Harringay Online is now approaching 1,100 members.