Property Management News

by Louisa May Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation is more than a catalyst for New Orleans’ neighborhood redevelopment. It’s a successful example of one individual’s determination to be responsible. Responsibility is defined as “ability to respond to the highest capacity.” The Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in August, 2005. Creating the MIR Foundation was Brad Pitt’s response to a community fearful that its neighborhood might not make a come back. A lot has happened since 2006 when Pitt visited New Orleans and saw first hand the city’s confusion and lack of focus in rebuilding. He assembled a group of... Read more

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 stage, is to... Read more