Congratulations to our new Heart & Soul demonstration projects! They are ready to reinvent their planning processes and chart a course to vital economic growth.
Read and interact with this essay by Barbara Ganley, available online as a living document, and learn how stories can play a role in community planning.
Orton staff recently spent a day with residents of H & S Finalist town Essex, Vermont. Watch this video to get a small taste of the big character of this place.
Carolyn Gosselin engaged her students in their community through digital storytelling. Many of them now say they hope to make Biddeford a better place.
The Orton Family Foundation helps small cities and towns harness the inherent ability of citizens to imagine and achieve a better future for themselves and their community. Learn more about the philosophy behind our process here:
From storytelling celebrations in Vermont to keypad polling in Colorado to consensus building in Rhode Island, learn more about the Foundation’s pioneering work building vibrant, enduring communities.
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