Flowers of Marengo

How To Build A Community

45 Ideas To Build A Community

1. Turn off your TV
2. Leave your house
3. Know your neighbors
4. Greet people
5. Look up when you’re walking
6. Sit on your stoop
7. Plant flowers
8. Use your library
9. Play together
10. Buy from local merchants
11. Share what you have
12. Help a lost dog
13. Take children to the park
14. Honor elders
15. Support neighborhood schools
16. Fix it even if you didn’t break it
17. Have pot lucks
18. Garden together
19. Pick up litter
20. Read stories aloud
21. Dance in the street
22. Talk to the mail carrier
23. Listen to the birds
24. Put up a swing
25. Help carry something heavy
26. Barter for your goods
27. Start a tradition
28. Ask a question
29. Hire young folk for odd jobs
30. Organize a block party
31. Bake extra and share
32. Ask for help when you need it
33. Open your shades
34. Sing together
35. Share your skills
36. Take back the night
37. Turn up the music
38. Turn down the music
39. Listen before you react to anger
40. Mediate a conflict
41. Seek to understand
42. Learn from new and uncomfortable angles
43. Know that no one is silent though many are not heard
44. Work to change this
45. Volunteer