What would a useful local neighbourhood-based web portal look like?

Last night Rob Wipond asked at an Ideas Vic meeting, What would a useful local neighbourhood-based web portal look like?

A lot of discussion ensued, including note of Seattle's Neighbourhoods on the 'Net project. We decided whatever the solution is, it needs to be easy to access. As such, I've created Facebook groups for most neighbourhoods in Victoria. Feel free to join them, and start productive discussions on how to make your community more vibrant and sustainable:

• Harris Green, Victoria
• Burnside George, Victoria
• Jubilee, Victoria
• Fairfield, Victoria
• North Park, Victoria
• Cook St Village, Victoria
• Fernwood, Victoria
• Downtown, Victoria
• Oaklands, Victoria
• James Bay, Victoria
• Hillside, Victoria
• Vic West, Victoria

A few other URLs were mentioned in the discussion, that might be of interest:

• Our services (Created by Kevin and the OpenData BC hackathon team)
• Craigslist foundation perhaps ask them to create smaller community portals?
• Dynaportal
• Capstone
• Openblock Project
• Transition Victoria