Does your neighborhood have a good system for communicating?  Are you able to quickly get answers to neighborhood questions?  If not, read on.

Today, simple web based tools allow neighborhood organizations the opportunity to  set up online discussion forums and electronic bulletin boards to foster communication with and among residents.  And best of all, many of these systems are completely free to set up and operate!

While you may not run into your neighbors enough to be on a first name basis, you’ve probably at times wanted to share information with others who obviously have common concerns and experiences.  Living in the same environment, you can obviously learn some useful things about maintenance issues or maybe just an answer to the question, “What was that strange noise last night”?  And the need for a conversation only increases if you live in a multi-unit building, where you share common space and services.  But all too often the communication doesn’t happen, either because residents don’t see each other or don’t feel they know each other well enough to have these conversations.…