The Orton Family Foundation is changing the way communities approach land planning, and they're doing it with heart and soul.
Founded in 1995 by Noel Fritzinger of Weston, Vermont and Lyman Orton, proprietor of mail- order business The Vermont Country Store, the foundation helps small cities and towns look with more than hope to the future. Citizens and their leaders are given tools, research, guidance and capital.
The idea is to promote inclusive decision making and land use planning by getting people to talk about what's important to them in their communities.
The essence of this process, and this is where the heart and soul conversation takes center stage, is to ask three questions of every person in the community and the community as a whole:
- Why did you come here?
- Why are you still here?
- What will keep you here?
This is a great way to get people thinking about what's unique about their home place, whether it's the physical landscape, economic attributes, or values that residents hold dear. Read more...
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