by Pam Rempe | Mar 31, 2026 | Getting to Know Your Neighbors, Imagine the Possibilities
Everyone has a food story. Sharing food and stories is what connects us and makes us human. This is the foundational premise of Community Plate, a Maine-based nonprofit dedicated to fostering connection and creating community through shared meals and stories. We bring...
by Pam Rempe | Mar 3, 2026 | Discover the Gifts, Getting to Know Your Neighbors, Imagine the Possibilities
A note from the Director. This piece was first published at the launch of The Hopeful Neighborhood Project, five years ago this month. We launched The Hopeful Neighborhood Project to improve neighborhood well-being. Our motivation was multi-faceted, but one reason was...
by Jennifer Prophete | Feb 17, 2026 | Discover the Gifts, Getting to Know Your Neighbors, How-to
When you hear the word “neighborhood,” what image comes to mind? For me, I often visualize a residential street in the middle of a suburb, complete with sidewalks, trees, and single-family homes. For others, it might be a sprawling cityscape or a...
by Pam Rempe | Feb 5, 2026 | Getting to Know Your Neighbors, Imagine the Possibilities
It was Sunday afternoon. I was making a cake, cooking dinner, and watching three soccer games at once while furiously typing on a group text with my husband and a married couple we are friends with. They were watching the same games. I thought, “This is silly; they...
by Jennifer Prophete | Dec 30, 2025 | Getting to Know Your Neighbors, Neighborhood Well-being
Reposted Reposted from we-are-neighbors.blogspot.com. Note from the Director: For our last blog of the year we are featuring The State of Neighboring in Missouri. We felt this was a timely piece as we head into a new year and many of us...
by Jennifer Prophete | Dec 1, 2025 | Getting to Know Your Neighbors, How-to
Holiday gift giving can be pure joy, or a tricky conundrum, especially if you’re trying to find gifts for people you don’t know that well. As our consumption has gone up, and our connections with others have gone down, holiday...
