Show Up for the People Who Are Showing Up for Your Neighborhood

by Jennifer Prophete | Jun 2, 2026 | Neighborhood Well-being, Pursue the Common Good

Picture a church fellowship hall on a fall evening filled with students, parents, siblings, and grandparents. There was food, fun, and family celebrating together around a table built by the community for the community. A local church donated the food. The...

The 15-Minute City: A Recipe for a Happy Neighborhood 

by Pam Rempe | Jan 22, 2026 | Imagine the Possibilities, Neighborhood Well-being

If you’re reading this from somewhere in the United States of America right now, it’s likely that you commute to work.   About 86% of us do, according to the most recent census.   This isn’t all that uniquely American, you might be saying. And...

The State of Neighboring in Missouri: Turning Politeness into Connection

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...

Check Your Windows: Become a Better Neighbor through Self-Assessment 

by Pam Rempe | Oct 28, 2025 | Imagine the Possibilities, Neighborhood Well-being

There’s a story that’s stayed with me over the years—one that reminds me how our perspectives can be clouded by our own lenses. In the story, there is a man who repeatedly criticizes his neighbor’s dirty curtains. Every day, the man peers out of the front window and...

Creating Community in Your Neighborhood  

by Pam Rempe | Sep 9, 2025 | Imagine the Possibilities, Neighborhood Well-being

I recently read Dawn Staley’s new book, Uncommon Favor: Basketball, North Philly, My Mother, and the Life Lessons I Learned from All Three. Dawn is the head coach of the University of South Carolina’s women’s basketball team. In her book, she speaks...

Creating Neighborhood Culture  

by Pam Rempe | Aug 12, 2025 | Imagine the Possibilities, Neighborhood Well-being, Pursue the Common Good

Every neighborhood and community has a distinct culture. That culture is comprised of those who have lived there, both past and present. There are histories and stories to the places where we live. Some of them are beautiful, and some of them are broken. As we examine...