Hello Foster-Powell Lovers! As you can probably tell from my long absence, I can no longer maintain this website. As of now, I have moved out of the neighborhood. However, I know there’s plenty of enthusiastic FoPo neighbors…maybe one of you is interested in taking on this blog? Ideally, it requires about a half hour of checking and story writing per day. The domain fee is paid for this year, and costs about $15. The people who help program this site are awesome– the (very small) company is called Neighborlogs. One of their flagship websites is for Capitol Hill in Seattle– that website is http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/. It pays writers, and the full salaries of the people who maintain it. The dream for FosterPowellPDX.com is that advertisers will fund the site, like any other online publication. Some legwork is required to make that happen, but the readership is possible–when I was consistent, the site was getting 1000 hits/day! If you are interested in spearheading this awesome neighborhood resource, please contact me at ColleenWelch at gmail dot com. Thanks, and keep up the excitement in FoPo!
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Sorry to see you go, Colleen… I hope somebody more enterprising and less busy than me picks this up.Where’d you move to?–JT
The FOPO Neighborhood Association has created a new site, with finishing touches coming and ongoing. There will be a blog attached, with NA members being able to post, and others free to read and post comments. While the site is in its begining stages, feel free to poke around.
Actually, FosterPowellPDX.com will be reopening soon. Someone responded to my plea! Thank Goodness.I am in Sunnyside now, and thinking of starting a new blog here! (2 PDX neighborhoods down, 88 more to go… actually 87 since Parkrose Gateway already has a Neighborlog.) I’m hoping to score SunnysidePDX.com as the new domain name, so keep your eyes open and your fingers crossed! Also hoping to set up meetings with the Portland neighborhood bloggers. I miss FoPo… great neighborhood with wonderful people. But I’m happy to be in a more positive place personally. Thanks for the good times!~C