Hi there.

What started as solo tabling at the Saturday market evolved into joining a 60+ person city task force and doing deeper civic work together.

Last year, I put together a directory of groups you can join and spaces you can visit in Norwalk. This year, I’m updating it - but this time around I’m not doing it alone.

Tony Bacigalupo shares his journey of deciding to turn welcoming new neighbors into a collective effort by resurrecting the local club directory (in print!) and starting a “New in Town” IRL meetup in Norwalk, Connecticut.

Host Jack Pavia interviews me about my local work in this episode of Nancy on Norwalk's Community Ties podcast.

We really can make a difference in local elections. Creating that positive feedback loop between effort and outcome is going to be valuable if we want folks to get more civically engaged.

I reflected on how a simple joke about working from home in 2005 changed my life—eventually resulting in me leading the charge to open Manhattan's first coworking space, New Work City.

Club Directories used to be a normal part of civic life. Thanks to some fab partners at the City of Norwalk, I was able to bring this back for my new hometown.