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...

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...