Read the latest media coverage of the Orton Family Foundation, our Project Towns and partner organizations.
For wintertime sleepwear, the Vermont Country Store accommodates those who prefer what proprietor Lyman Orton calls “Little Red Riding Hood’s Grandmother’s look.” The store, which includes a large catalogue business in Manchester, Vermont, carries its own line of cotton flannel and broadcloth sleepwear.
There was more to Victor in the 1940s than World War II. Long-time resident of Idaho Inez Moulton remembers that time, when people worked together to sustain themselves.
Starksboro has taken a different approach to planning. Buoyed by $25,000 from the Orton Family Foundation, help from the Vermont Land Trust and many volunteers, the town used the arts to draw residents into the conversation about Starksboro’s future.
The Orton Family Foundation has done some terrific work engaging citizens in local planning. A recent project of theirs in the small town of Starksboro, Vermont is especially interesting as it uses storytelling and art as key elements in the planning process.
This online source for Brattleboro, Vermont residents encourages its readers to enter Orton's recently launched Heart & Soul Photo Contest. The entry period lasts until January 5, 2010, and finalists will be announced in late January.
Willa Kammerer tells of her experience working on a documentary storytelling project in Biddeford, Maine with two other Salt alums, Anna Schechter and Claire Houston.
Damariscotta, Maine is a small New England town nestled along the coast and steeped in history and traditions. But the Town is looking to the future as well, and as part of their planning, they are using thoroughly modern tools including CommunityViz.
Envision Victor sits down with Lynn Kearsley and his son David. Lynn, born in 1917, remembers his early days in the valley fondly, when people would take care of each other. It was cooperation like this that helped residents survive the Depression years.
This three-page chart reflects a worksheet format for working through outcomes, indicators and other measures related to the Art & Soul Community Project which is taking place in Starksboro, VT.
Blogger Kit Hayden responds to the Damariscotta Charrette, which took place October 22nd to 26th, saying the consultants were well prepared, innovative and artistic in their presentations.