Read our latest media releases featuring Foundation news, events and developments in our Project Towns.
Vermont Speaker of the House, Shap Smith recently appointed Bill Roper, President and CEO of the Orton Family Foundation, to Vermont’s Housing and Conservation Board.
As part of the emerging Heart & Soul Community Planning approach, Damariscotta’s story illustrates how important it is to take the long view. It’s more than one vote or one action that builds community. It takes many actions, large and small over many years to ensure that communities are vibrant and enduring.
Small towns to embark on groundbreaking two-year, citizen-driven community planning projects. This marks the second phase of the Foundation’s $10M five-year Heart & Soul Community Planning initiative.
We recently completed site visits to ten towns selected as finalists for the Foundation’s second phase of a $10M Heart & Soul Community Planning initiative. All the finalists did an extraordinary job giving us a feel for their communities and speaking to the opportunities and challenges ahead.
Five communities have been selected as case studies for the Foundation’s Community Planning Stewardship Study. Conducted by our 2011 Craig Byrne Fellow, Steven Ames, the study will examine successful strategies to keep citizens engaged and leaders accountable in small towns and cities across the U.S.
The Foundation is conducting research on the stewardship of community-based plans—keeping citizens engaged and leaders accountable after the planning is done. Do you know a small city or town that’s had outstanding stewardship success? We’d like to know! Submit your nomination by August 15, 2011.
The Foundation is sad to announce the passing of Noel Fritzinger, co-founder of the Orton Family Foundation, on June 13 at the fine age of 81. Noel was the Foundation’s first President and CEO and guided it well in its early years.
The Orton Family Foundation is proud to announce a Fellows Program named after one of the Foundations’ most value and beloved advisers, friends and colleagues, Craig Byrne.
The Orton Family Foundation seeks to partner with four new communities in the second round of its five-year, $10 million Heart & Soul Community Planning initiative. The initiative challenges citizens to imagine and achieve a better future for themselves and their community.
The Orton Family Foundation is proud to announce the publication of The Planners Guide to CommunityViz: The Essential Tool for a New Generation of Planners, by Doug Walker and Tom Daniels.