I was in a meeting with the staff of a local newspaper
recently. We were talking about ways to interact more with neighbors and the
sales person mentioned three or four interesting things happening that week
that I didn’t know about. I remember
thinking “I wish I knew about this stuff.”
When I got home from the meeting I went online to search
things to do in my area. I am certain I
didn’t scratch the surface, but I found most the things she talked about. It took no more than 15 minutes and it was
worth it. Three (obvious) key sources to
consider: local newspaper, city website, and the Chamber of Commerce.
If your experience is like mine, 5-15 minutes online each
week may be all it takes to identify things to do that connect you more deeply
with your neighbors.
If you find any consistent clues to finding things, please
pass them along.
By the way, in the process you learn interesting things. For
example, did you know there are tribes of wild monkeys in Florida? There are. Who knew…