With regular repetition, community cleanups build something that’s lasting: a sense of commitment, pride, and place attachment.
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Scott Jones is the co-founder and executive director of We Love Long Beach, a nonprofit that encourages and equips residents to build connections with their neighbors through acts of generosity and hospitality.
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What is it about kindness from strangers that is so powerful?
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National Good Neighbor Day is just around the corner, and it’s a good opportunity to reflect on how important it is to work with your neighbors if you want to build a better community.
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Becoming resilient isn’t magic. It’s hard work that starts with knowing our neighbors.
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Have you ever joined a Jane’s Walk? Named for renowned urban thinker Jane Jacobs, this annual festival of free, citizen-led walking conversations takes place around the world every May. Here’s one Walk from Winnipeg, MB.
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Connecting with your neighbors is an important part of building a stronger town. Here are nine ways you can start forging those relationships, for free (or next to free)!
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Relationships with neighbors once made up an important part of our social fabric, forming the basis for civic collaboration and local problem solving. Here’s how we can get those relationships back.
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Many local governments have taken on a “the customer is always right” mindset, but that’s simply not the best approach, especially for decisions that should be made at the block level.
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Sometimes, building connections with your neighbors is as simple as hosting a block party.
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This week, our Neighborhood Storyteller reminisces about how her community came together during a time of impending disaster.
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This week, our Neighborhood Storyteller turns to friends for support during a canine emergency.
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Of course, history has a way of repeating itself, but what’s always changing are the eyes we look through and the way our neighbors see us.
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Civic culture needs innovating, and it might just take some hard work. Literally.
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When the pandemic shut down our town, I realized how much I'd taken for granted the neighbors who showed up every day to make our community work.
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Shopping locally means getting to be among your people—and in this case, it’s pen people!
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Our Neighborhood Storyteller discovers a kind of community support that simply can’t be found in online retail.
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A small house, framed by lilacs, in a walkable neighborhood—and the charm of sharing that space with a neighbor who seems to always be out and about.
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This week, our Neighborhood Storyteller is doing what she can to improve her neighborhood—even if Montana’s weather doesn’t want to cooperate.
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This community ed teacher shares an important lesson about iterating to success: starting with something imperfect now and working your way toward perfection.
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