Stoop Coffee: How a Simple Idea Transformed My Neighborhood

I learned that people are willing to go out of their way to organize and gather with their neighbors — but the reasons need to be specific.The gathering should make people realize how they fit together. If it feels like it could only happen here, at this moment, with these people, then that’s a good reason to meet with neighbors .

From the return of co-living spurred on by the increasingly realized benefit of living close to friends and family, to the growing presence of grassroots community initiatives like Neighborhood Trade School, mutual aid fridges, and community gardens, it’s clear that we’ve begun to recognize the potency of solving problems with collective solutions ... See more