Posts Tagged ‘sharing’

The NeighborGoods experiment: Does sharing locally work?

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

Back in July, I wrote a post about Sharing with your neighbors that focused on the site NeighborGoods.net. The service connects people who need to borrow and rent “neighborly” items with others in the community that have the items. Rakes, shovels, lawn mowers, bikes, vacuum cleaners, etc.

In October, I interviewed the founder and CEO of NeighborGoods.net, Micki Krimmel, for opensource.com. Since then, I’ve been thinking about firing up the service for my neighborhood here in Raleigh.

To kick off the month of December, I decided to (more…)

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Citizen Leader Shares 30 Year Legacy

Thursday, October 14th, 2010

The City of Raleigh recently highlighted a community leader on raleighnc.gov that’s been on the front lines of activism for over 30 years. The goal: to make Raleigh better.

I’ve had the pleasure of working with this person in the Raleigh community for that last 8 years. I’ve been inspired by this person, I’ve learned from them, and I’ve helped them a time or two. Although she may not like to be recognized publicly too often, Mary Bell Pate deserves a chance to be highlighted as a successful citizen leader in Raleigh and share her wisdom with others. (more…)

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Sharing with your neighbors

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Has anyone tried out the new service called NeighborGoods? The service looks like it connects people who need to borrow and rent “neighborly” items with others in the community that have the items. Rakes, shovels, lawn mowers, bikes, vacuum cleaners, etc. In theory, this sounds like it would be a really beneficial service, something that we attempt to do sometimes on our mailing list. The service could save money people money and make better use of idle resources.

I wrote an open thread post on opensource.com about this, Would you share with your neighbors?, with some interesting (more…)

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Trailwood Hills Charts HOA and City Rules

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

Trailwood Hills HOA has created several documents in an effort to assist the homeowners in Trailwoods Hills with respect to our covenants and various City ordinances. They are basically a quick reference guides that cover questions about parking, parties, grass height, PROP, and other concerns that are frequently asked or sent to the HOA board.  (more…)

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