Building Better Neighborhoods/ Being Better Neighbors April 29, 2006

Whether you?re a single parent or part of a ?nuclear family,? old or young, living on the edge of poverty or middle class, the bottom is dropping out for many of us. Social services have dwindled to nothing or are simply nonexistent. Even those who are ?doing okay? are working longer hours and/or more than one job. There?s no safety net, we have less time for ourselves, family and friends and our emotional, mental and physical health is suffering as a result. It?s up to us as a community to support one another. Yet how do we build a community that synergistically serves the needs of us all when the old ways of doing things simply no longer work? We need new vision, new options, new ways to best utilize our inner and outer resources. Building Better Neighborhoods; Being Better Neighbors is the first workshop in a new series presented by the Single Parent Resource Network (SPRN), which will offer visionary, yet practical approaches to community building and a more sustainable living and working lifestyle that augments, yet transcends merely buying locally. This experiential play, design, discuss and discover presentation promises to offer a new suite of practical tools to forge alive, caring and collaborative community.

Official Website: http://www.sprn.org/community.html