Sept. 28-Oct. 4 is Missouri Good Neighbor Week. Signed into law in 2022, Missouri Good Neighbor Week encourages citizens of Missouri to “participate in events and activities to establish connections with their neighbors.” In 2023, our goal was to document 15,000 acts of neighboring and we surpassed the goal! So, in…
Author: David Burton for SGFNN
The first statewide awards for Missouri Good Neighbor Week were announced on Oct. 20, 2022, by the joint sponsors of the campaign: University of Missouri Extension Greene County and The Hopeful Neighborhood Project headquartered in St. Louis. Rountree Neighborhood Association’s Sharon Taylor Gullett and Brentwood Neighborhood Association’s Pamela Buhr were…
Performing an act of neighboring is easier than many people imagine. Acts of neighboring are often simple gestures that you help you be a good neighbor, lift up others and make your neighborhood or community a better place to live. Dave Runyon, author of “The Art of Neighboring” sometimes defines…
When we think about making a community more robust, we often think of financial or economic gains. However, building social capital through networks and reciprocity impacts our community more. The single best way to grow social capital is with neighboring. Current research shows the majority of Americans lack personal relationships.…