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Re: If you live in a close-knit neighborhood-
When we first moved to our neighborhood 4 years ago, there wasn't one activity (the neighborhood itself was only about 3 years old and many homes were still being built and there were tons of young kids and families). Hence why after 6 months of living there, I ran for the board on the platform of being the Social Organizer and at least creating something to meet more folks.
I try to do 1 activity a month. Even though I have tried to have a social committee, it's difficult to get people to commit so usually I have one helper for each activity but many times, it's just me doing everything and then I'll have people help set up, clean up, etc. Some activities that we do: Mom's Night (one night/month), Poker Night (every few months), Wine Tasting (one in spring and one in fall; everyone or every couple brings 2 bottles, one to open and share and one to go into a giveaway so everyone/couple takes a new bottle home to try), Beer Tasting (one in spring and one in fall; same as wine tasting but with 6 packs), Halloween snacks, pizza party at the pool on the last day of school, Mimosas and Munchies on the first day of school, backyard movie night (projector with a movie onto a white sheet hanging off our house, you can bring sleeping bags, blankets, etc), swim in movie night at the pool (same as backyard but at our pool), Halloween movie (at the clubhouse after trick or treating), Carols, Cocoa and Cookies (at Christmas, gather at our clubhouse for decorating cookies, making hot chocolate, crafts and activities and practicing carols and then they go through the streets singing), Valentine's Day Movie (at the clubhouse with pizza), Talent Show (mostly the girls doing "dance routines" but open to everyone), Easter Eggstravaganza (crafts, Easter Egg Hunt, relay races and other games; Easter bunny comes....I bought an Easter Bunny costume off Ebay and we have someone play the bunny), Earth Day cleanup of our common areas, 4th of July Bike parade (decorate bike, trikes, wagon, stroller, etc in patriotic colors and stroll through neighborhood with snacks later), Popsicles at the Pool, Princess Party (we just had Belle come for a great morning of books, snacks, songs, dances, etc), Pirates and Skalliwags party (Captain Jack Sparrow...this one is coming up), etc.
I want to do more adult activities like Bunco and a quarterly happy hour get-together and I'm thinking about adding an event in January like a Luau night or something for adults. Most of my activities focus on kids! I like the idea of a Tye Dye Party so I might plan something like that coming up!
I moved onto Michelle's street
so I already knew how awesome it was. Honestly, moving was really scary for me because neighbors can be such a crap shoot. We had a neighborhood we were comfortable in. Good families we had gotten to know over the 8 years we were there. But not many true friends. So to leave that for a less friendly neighborhood scared me. So to find a house in a neighborhood I was familiar with already was such a bonus for me (and my anxieties).
I think if you get into a plan then they will always have some type of group that organizes things. Ours has a civic association that we pay dues to. Mosty newer plans would have that I bet. Word of mouth - ask your realtor. They know what neighborhoods are good for kids.
How time flies! Caileigh (9), Keira (6) & Eamon (3)
B Born 6.27.13
Ditto this, both of the plans we've lived in (in Churchill and our current home) have had civic associations with some planned activities). We didn't know too much about our current neighborhood when we went to look at the house, but just in driving around, it was clear that there were some families (we saw kids bikes, playsets in the backyards, etc....)
Jake - 1.15.08
Liam - 5.17.11
My house is from 1960, so not a requirement! Also we have no formal community organization. Just someone who sparked some friendships between neighbors and brought everyone together.
Ditto. I think this post proved to me though that I am supposed to live in the country. I have no desire to have neighborhood parties. LOL. Of course, if we had younger neighbors/more families, maybe I'd feel differently.
Oh yeah, I forgot to comment on this, our neighborhood was built in the 60's as well. we don't have a clubhouse or pool or anything, though there is a small playground. Our neighborhood in Churchill was built in the 40's and 50's; they did have a park, community pool, and clubhouse, which were nice amenities.
Jake - 1.15.08
Liam - 5.17.11
Perfect! I don't want to build, but it seems like a lot of people on this board do/have built, so I wasn't sure if a lot of this was happening in the newer neighborhoods or the older ones, too.
B Born 6.27.13
Nope, definitely in the older ones, too! Our neighborhood is a large mix of all different ages of people.
Jake - 1.15.08
Liam - 5.17.11
Nope - our plan has 3 phases & newest are built in late 80s. I think what you find is plans vs. neighborhoods/ bunch of streets have protective covenants with them & associations are somewhat required. Ours has this. New plans have groups b/c either they are set up by the builders (my townhouse community had this) or since everyone is new at once, its a way to build up the neighborhood. Obviously with newer plans you are more likely to have young kids so it lends itself to more interaction. House age doesn't matter it just depends on the demographic living there.
How time flies! Caileigh (9), Keira (6) & Eamon (3)
Yep, I'm in an older (late 60's) neighborhood as well. It seems to be turning over to young families right now, so it's really great to see.
We have an association, but only because there is a pool. There really aren't any rules (like my previous psycho HOA). The Association keeps up the care of the pool and plans the activities.