Stoop Coffee: How a Simple Idea Transformed My Neighborhood

The role of informal, everyday interaction—sometimes unpredictable and serendipitous—should not be underestimated. But this requires a place-based social infrastructure that encourages such interaction. Neighbourhood churches (or other places of worship), religious activities, schools, butcher shops, markets, town squares, beauty parlours, taverns,... See more

Breakfast Club is an accidental community that I started in 2021 just by going to the same restaurant for breakfast every Wednesday and saying, hey, I'm going to be there. You're invited. Come hang out. You don't have to RSVP. You don't have to tell me you're coming. You don't have to buy a ticket. You don't have to show up with a set of opinions o... See more