Measuring Neighborhood Health with the Six Points of Connection 

by Pam Rempe | Oct 20, 2026 | Getting to Know Your Neighbors, Neighborhood Well-being

You’ve just moved to a new city. Here are some things you’ve noticed so far.   As you unpacked the boxes from the moving truck, a neighbor, out for her morning walk, was kind enough to wave “hello.”  At a nearby coffee shop later that week, you struck...

The Stories We Tell 

by Pam Rempe | Aug 15, 2026 | Getting to Know Your Neighbors, Imagine the Possibilities, Neighborhood Well-being

Originally Published October 7, 2021  Note from the Director: When I came across it in a folder this week, the title caught my attention. Tears sprang to my eyes as I read, and I asked myself, “This summer, what stories am I building in my life? And how am I...

The City Can’t Love Your Neighbor, But You Can 

by Pam Rempe | Jun 30, 2026 | Getting to Know Your Neighbors, Neighborhood Well-being

“Service is the rent we pay for living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time.”  – Marian Wright Edelman In the fall of 2018, I traveled to the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn to receive training at the Red Hook Community...

Community Directories and Supporting Your Local Network 

by Pam Rempe | Jun 9, 2026 | Getting to Know Your Neighbors, How-to

Originally Published September 9, 2021  *A Note from the Director: Summer is coming, and with it, moving season! Maybe you are moving to a new neighborhood, or maybe you have new neighbors moving to your current one. Either way, this blog post will help you use...

The Champion of Connection: What We Learned from the Tournament of Neighboring 

by Pam Rempe | May 5, 2026 | Uncategorized

(Originally published on the We Are Neighbors blog.)  The votes are in from the 2026 Tournament of Neighboring offered in partnership with the Hopeful Neighborhood Project and National Good Neighbor Day.   The brackets are closed but, after a month of...