IMPACT Don’t Just Live in Your Neighborhood—Build It. By Angela Cravens – VOL. 4 The signs of a neighborhood are all around. They’re the flowers in your neighbor’s window box. The smell of barbeque wafting from the local park. The nods and waves and “hellos” on the...
BELONGING Creative Ways to Welcome New Residents to Your Neighborhood By Caroline Cox – VOL. 4 The “for sale” sign on your street has come down and the moving trucks have come and gone. When new neighbors have entered the scene, it’s natural to want to help them get...
BELONGING Venn is a Different Kind of Social Network By Angela Cravens – VOL. 4 If you’re anything like us, the shifts of the past year and a half have been the tipping point between a world already oversaturated with social media—to entirely dependent upon it....
PROGRAMMING All together now: Neighbors enjoyed wellness, music and crafts at Summer on Armour By Venn – VOL. 2 In June, Venn welcomed hundreds of neighbors in Kansas City to Summer on Armour, a day-long, community-wide celebration featuring tons of family activities,...
PROGRAMMING Local creators show up in the backyard and on the big screen By Allison Kastner – VOL. 3 Spaces physically make up a neighborhood, but it takes people, partnerships, and creativity to make it a community. To help people feel a sense of belonging in their...
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