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0 pointsNextgrid1y ago0 comments

Less "growth and engagement" and more "sustainable business" vibes.

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Great, but for how long?

> My wife, Valerie, and I founded Front Porch Forum in 2006 to serve our hometown of Burlington, Vermont

They've been running the organization, now grown to 30 people, for 18 years. How long till they're wanting more space in their lives for other interests? And if they hand off management responsibilities, how might it change?

From https://frontporchforum.com/terms-of-use

> Here at FPF we strive to:

> Remain small and local: FPF is a Vermont-grown and Vermont-owned public benefit corporation, and we commit to remaining locally owned and Vermont-scale.

mplanchard1y ago

What’s your point? Either they’ll find someone local who wants to take it over, or they’ll sell out, or they’ll fold. The possible inevitability of something’s decay doesn’t make it any less valuable in the meantime.

The community here cares a lot about locality, so I suspect they’ll try to keep it as such even when they eventually bow out, but we’ll see.

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