In the News

Read the latest media coverage of the Orton Family Foundation, our Project Towns and partner organizations.

In the News

12/16/2011

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.

06/09/2011

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.

06/05/2011

The Community Health and Resource Model in Texas is using CommunityViz to bring planning information and decision-making to the public.

03/21/2011
American Planning Association (APA)

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.

01/26/2011

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.

12/20/2010
On Common Ground - National Association of Realtors

Through the Heart & Soul process, small towns work to build consensus about what the town wants to see happen in the future.

12/01/2010

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.

11/17/2010
Lincoln County News

The Damariscotta Planning Advisory Committee unveiled the final draft of their Heart & Soul planning report.

11/07/2010

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.

05/07/2010
Journal of the American Planning Association

Youth join adults on planning boards and commissions.