Building community is easier than you think
A lot of people seem to think creating community is complex, detailed work requiring that you do some weird door to door sales pitch about coming together as a community.
Yes, you can do that. I have. I organized a home owners association (that was 100% free) when I lived in a trailer park, creating a community of owners to fight for their tenant rights. That was work, but it was good work, and I got to know my neighbors, and they got to know me over 3 years. I got to go to town hall meetings and meet with local legislators and advocacy groups to help my community. And through that, I built a strong community that was much closer and continued on when I left.
But you don't have to build community over a cause.
I built a local community from crochet. For the last 2 years, I meet up with a wonderful group of ladies for 2 hours a week to crochet, gossip and connect.
My daughter built a community amongst her friends and coworkers to mend things called, "Mend Your Business", where they get together, mend the things that need mending, and build community.
A friend of mine opened up her garden with her husband to teach her neighbors how to successfully garden and allows the neighbors to use her garden as a trial ground.
I am getting ready to create a local group for world building for writers and TTRPG players. To get together once a month to get creative juices flowing. I plan to post the initial "come join us!" post in a couple local FB groups to get people to join.
The fact is, if you have a group of people not all related, coming together to enjoy something they all enjoy, congrats! You have a community!
Enjoy hiking? Start a hiking group! Like building models? Start a model hobby group! Like talking sports? Start a group at a local sports bar! Literally anything you enjoy doing, others do too and you can create community from it!
And it really is that easy!
Yes, you can do that. I have. I organized a home owners association (that was 100% free) when I lived in a trailer park, creating a community of owners to fight for their tenant rights. That was work, but it was good work, and I got to know my neighbors, and they got to know me over 3 years. I got to go to town hall meetings and meet with local legislators and advocacy groups to help my community. And through that, I built a strong community that was much closer and continued on when I left.
But you don't have to build community over a cause.
I built a local community from crochet. For the last 2 years, I meet up with a wonderful group of ladies for 2 hours a week to crochet, gossip and connect.
My daughter built a community amongst her friends and coworkers to mend things called, "Mend Your Business", where they get together, mend the things that need mending, and build community.
A friend of mine opened up her garden with her husband to teach her neighbors how to successfully garden and allows the neighbors to use her garden as a trial ground.
I am getting ready to create a local group for world building for writers and TTRPG players. To get together once a month to get creative juices flowing. I plan to post the initial "come join us!" post in a couple local FB groups to get people to join.
The fact is, if you have a group of people not all related, coming together to enjoy something they all enjoy, congrats! You have a community!
Enjoy hiking? Start a hiking group! Like building models? Start a model hobby group! Like talking sports? Start a group at a local sports bar! Literally anything you enjoy doing, others do too and you can create community from it!
And it really is that easy!
