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PBS Engage | Michael Wood-Lewis | Front Porch Forum

Duration: 03:44

Michael Wood-Lewis is the President and Co-Founder of the Burlington, Vermont-based Front Porch Forum. This new service hosts 130 online neighborhood forums covering Chittenden County. Michael has earned local and national recognition for this work, including a "community innovator of the year" distinction from the Orton Family Foundation and a Make It Your Own award from the Case Foundation. Listen to his thoughts about the information needs of communities.

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Post Date: April 14, 2009