Neighborstead
From P2P Foundation
Description
"It is a group of neighbors getting together to form a block club, neighborhood association or a neighbor-based organization that is focused on improving their neighborhood. It generally includes local neighbors building bonds, saving money and improving their quality of life, while becoming more sustainable. A well-formed neighborstead will be resilient against outside forces and consistently increase neighbor self-reliance and interdependence." (http://www.ohsowe.com/about)
Characteristics
"Common aspects of a neighborstead include:
- A neighbor based organization with the purpose of bettering their local block or neighborhood.
- Sharing of resources, including tools, services and skills.
- Community gardens and other food production like personal gardens and distributed orchards.
- Patronizing local businesses whenever possible.
- Regular meetings such as block parties, neighbor meetings, or crime update meetings.
- Neighbors who make an effort to have potluck or other organized dinners.
- Could be associated with a religious group, but is not exclusive of other individuals.
- Conduct neighbor coordinated events such as multi-neighbor garage sales, park or vacant lot clean up events and social movie nights."
