Be Up Front About ItWhat’s going on in your front yard? If your answer is along the lines of “It looks nice, but I never spend time there” or “I’m keeping my...
Unexpected Factors Cause People to Love Where They LiveA three-year Gallup study of 26 U.S. cities (released in 2010) found that people’s love and passion for their community may be a leading...
Five Ways to Celebrate Valentine’s Day in Your NeighborhoodSeveral Februaries ago while on a walk in my neighborhood, I noticed that one of my neighbors had decorated her windows with red and pink...
Why (and How) to Start a Helpful Neighborhood Social Media GroupWhether your neighborhood is made up of ten homes or three hundred and fifty, it can be hard to stay in good communication with each...
What I Learned about Neighboring from Fred Rogers: 5 Takeaways This blog post is the third in a three-part series by Dr. Mary Manz Simon. Mary met Fred Rogers while writing an article about the famous...
What I Learned about Neighboring from Fred Rogers: Listening This blog post is the second in a three-part series by Dr. Mary Manz Simon. Mary met Fred Rogers while writing an article about the...