Our recurring projects run neighbor-to-neighbor, giving everyone practical ways to exchange everyday skills, mend household goods, and share wholesome food.
Community Garden
Repair Workshop
Family Kitchen
Sixteen raised beds behind the hall where neighbors sow heirloom seeds, share compost tips, and harvest greens for our communal lunch kettle.
Volunteer tinkerers and woodworkers help fix broken lamps, loose chair legs, and winter coats with shared tools and salvaged hardware.
Sourdough starters, seasonal soup prep, and simple cooking circles where parents and kids bake bread side by side before noon.
No grand speeches or galas—just work gloves, hot tea, and an open table.
We believe social belonging grows out of quiet, repeated acts of everyday cooperation right on our block.
Everyday cooperation in numbers
1,420
shared Saturday lunches
610
household items repaired
36 hrs
open weekly hall access
Doors open at nine in the morning at 142 Elmwood Avenue. No sign-up required, and the tea kettle is always boiling.