Stories from the Borderlands

by Patrick Field

Winner of a 2010 "Innovation in Technology and Environmental Conflict Resolution (ECR) Award" from the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution.

"Stories from the Borderlands" was developed as part of CBI's Village Innovation Pilot, funded by the Orton Foundation with the Nature Conservancy. The Pilot project engaged two rural Connecticut-Rhode Island border towns in creating and implementing a vision for their future through exercises that included the unique power of audio storytelling. Long-time residents share stories and feelings about their community, and these are woven into NPR “StoryCorps” style pieces, two of which were broadcast on local radio stations.