Property Management News

by Louisa May The Orton Family Foundation is changing the way communities approach land planning, and they're doing it with heart and soul. Founded in 1995 by Noel Fritzinger of Weston, Vermont and Lyman Orton, proprietor of mail- order business The Vermont Country Store, the foundation helps small cities and towns look with more than hope to the future. Citizens and their leaders are given tools, research, guidance and capital. The idea is to promote inclusive decision making and land use planning by getting people to talk about what's important to them in their communities. The essence of this process, and this is where the heart and soul conversation takes center... Read more

by Louisa May   "We buy batteries and clean electricity, and we sell miles," Shai Agassi told the crowd assembled at San Francisco City Hall on November 21, 2008. His audience included green groups, officials from State and Federal environmental agencies, and representatives from GM and Toyota. Mr. Agassi heads Better Place, a Palo Alto, California company working globally to develop the electric car recharging infrastructure -the key to making electric cars an everyday reality. It was a big day for Better Place and three Bay Area cities, San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose. Mayors of these cities announced a billion dollar partnership with Better Place to... Read more