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Joomla is a pretty awesome peice of software that can accomplish some of these features, and parts of your task would be better suited for Joomla.

However, vBulletin is a wonderful choice as well, and can handle alot of these features too. And while i'm sure one of these software's could solve all the problems, I'd use a combination of both for a more professional look.

Originally Posted by I'd use Joomla For

• Meet Your Neighbors - featured article for recent new community members.
• Community Progress - post photos, home sales reports even construction status

Features:
• General Community Information - (and local area info) content management system for posting info about amenities, schools, CERT, Association issues, Developer Contacts, etc…
• Document Library - important community documents available in PDF or other formats
• Community Maps - interactive printable maps*

Administrative Features
• Public & Private sections - allow guests limited access to our content
• Customized approval process - control whether or not to approve new members, limit what members can post with or without administrator or moderator approval
• Reports –user reporting and tracking

Directory
• Email Directory - manage homeowners and user information in a central database

Local Business Involvement
• Homeowner Services - list of local businesses
• Business sponsors - create revenue with banner ads and coupons from local businesses
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Originally Posted by I'd use vBulletin for

Communications
• News - community, local, national, post community news items or pull in RSS news feeds from other syndicated news sources.
• Newsletters - post for download and/or mass email to members.
• Calendars - post community, activity or club events, capture RSVP information.
• Clubs & Organizations - create sections for all Clubs and Organizations, allow moderators to maintain their own content and calendars.
• Weather - embedded local weather reports.
• Community Progress - post photos, home sales reports even construction status
• RSS feed syndication - make any area of the website available for syndication so that members can subscribe via an RSS reader.
• Email - broadcast emails to members (Email Blast or Push Email campaigns).
• Private Messages - send, retrieve & manage messages directly through the website.

User Interactivity
• Community Forum - create online discussions through the use of a convenient, full featured message board
• Bulletin Board - post any type of message or notice for all members to see
• User Feedback
• Polls & Surveys - ask questions to the members and view reports on the results
• Request a Feature - feedback form for new additions to the intranet

Photos
• Photo Albums - display community or event photos

Features
• General Community Information - (and local area info) content management system for posting info about amenities, schools, CERT, Association issues, Developer Contacts, etc…
• Document Library - important community documents available in PDF or other formats
• Community Maps - interactive printable maps*
• Online payments - collect payments online for subscription based services or events.

Administrative Features
• Public & Private sections - allow guests limited access to our content
• Customized approval process - control whether or not to approve new members, limit what members can post with or without administrator or moderator approval
• Reports –user reporting and tracking

Directory
• Email Directory - manage homeowners and user information in a central database