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Neighbors,

I'm inviting all NFN members from all neighborhoods to join this, our new citywide network. 

To get things going, I'm posing the first of a series of questions (the next are up to you - add a blog post now):

This question is: What should we do as neighbors this spring and why?

Specifically, I am looking for examples of actions we can take, behaviors we can change,…

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Maureen just posed a question "does anyone use a national bank with a branch in JP that you are happy with?" in the Jamaica Plain Community Discussion Forum. I'd like to expand on her question.

• What bank do you do business with and why?
• What else do you wish they offered such as services, extended hours, something…

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Scary phrase right?

What is even scarier is that the Tobacco Industry is doing this to our young people in MA right now in the form of underhanded tobacco marketing tactics!

Are you serious? Yep, sure am. 

Did you know tobacco products are being made and marketed to look and taste like "candy" and that they are being sold in plain site and as individual units to make them more affordable to young people?

Did you…

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Got an important meeting or job interview to make? Your worries about being late because of the T are now over thanks to Howf*#ckedistheT.com.

The sites provides real time data about all operating MBTA T trains. It's very useful site with an o-fun-sive title.

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JP neighbors,

Now that we are a citywide network, you will be posting neighborhood related information in the re-activated Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Forum. Please do not add information as a blog post unless you want to start a citywide conversation or are a NFN partner making a citywide announcement. 

For events, it's really important that you tag each event…

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Neighbors, 

A couple weeks ago, we announced we'd be consolidating our network into one city wide network. So far I've accomplished the following:

1. Made the JP network the base network and changed the website address to NeighborsForNeighbors.org
2. Made it really easy for you to find what you are looking for on the front page with our new "Craigslist" style navigation. Thanks you to David K for the support and Guidance. 
3. Created forum categories for each…

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Neighbors,

Over the weekend we migrated to the our new URL and began implementing the new navigation structure on the front page. 

A technical glitch took the network offline from Saturday from about 5 pm to early this morning, thanks for your patience as that took some time to resolve. 

If you have any feedback or suggestions, please leave them as a comment. 

Who you are!



You're bright, motivated, internet savy (you're on twitter and use it regularly), can write well, have a positive can-do attitude, are looking to role up your sleeves and help make stuff happen in a big way.



While we can't pay you, we will teach you what we know about community engagement and technology and write you a sweet recommendation on linkedin.com. You'll be a critical part of further developing… Continue