The Neighborhood Project

This project will be a multi-year one; the focus will not be on National Leaders (too often co-opted or even Fake).

Instead, the primary goal of the project will be on development of neighborhood level leaders. Those leaders will be known by how well they can encourage and teach the members of their group to be self-sufficient, work together ad-hoc, if needed, and to enable their continued well-being should the SHTF - as increasingly seems likely.

Things like:

• Neighborhood Watches - both outdoor patrols (perhaps using the excuse of needing to walk a dog, or pick up some milk), and security cameras/inside the home watchfulness.
• Awareness of empty houses; monitoring for signs of break-in/vandalism/theft.
• Phone trees/chat or other means of communication, including in-person conversation.
• Community events on a regular basis.
• Setting up a means by which people can trade tools, ask for assistance with shopping or watching out for deliveries, or check-ins for older residents.

All of the above used to be the norm. When women returned to work, those activities fell by the wayside. I'm not blaming; I also found myself out of energy or time to handle all of those things.

But, it hurt the feeling and culture of the neighborhoods. We lost so much of an essential network, and few of us have gotten it back.

I'm going to try setting up a website to exchange ideas, post updates on my progress in my new neighborhood, and do what I can to make this happen.

[UPDATE]

I found this after posting - another voice that looks to the neighborhood/small town to revive this country.