Read the latest media coverage of the Orton Family Foundation, our Project Towns and partner organizations.
Essex, VT has been selected as one of five Heart & Soul Community Planning demonstration projects, receiving $100,000 over the course of two years to help engage the community about what it values and to create a shared vision for the future.
The Damariscotta Heart & Soul Planning Charrette Report was chosen by the Maine Association of Planners (MAP) to receive the 2011 “Plan of the Year” award.
The Community Health and Resource Model in Texas is using CommunityViz to bring planning information and decision-making to the public.
A citizen’s approach to community planning is being tested in small towns and rural communities throughout New England and the Rocky Mountain West. The Borderlands Village Innovation Pilot project, focused on Exeter, Rhode Island, and Killingly, Connecticut, is a test run of this innovative process.
A meeting in Biddeford, ME considers the amount of parking the town needs to aid in the downtown master plan and to revitalize the local economy.
Through the Heart & Soul process, small towns work to build consensus about what the town wants to see happen in the future.
CommunityMatters, an initiative of the Orton Family Foundation, is ready to take the lead building healthier, more vibrant communities by providing the tools, models and inspiration to act.
The Damariscotta Planning Advisory Committee unveiled the final draft of their Heart & Soul planning report.
Biddeford, Maine is a city filled with roots and routes: stories and traditions built into the streetscape allow us to feel rooted in a place we can call home. At the same time these spaces and places present us with many paths into the future.
Youth join adults on planning boards and commissions.