This week, Carly and Lauren welcome Kelly Bull, Executive Director of Hey Neighbor (formerly CONO, the Council of Neighbors & Organizations), for a conversation that's equal parts hilarious and heartfelt.

Kelly moved to Colorado Springs five years ago and experienced total isolation, until a scary morning made her realize how unsafe it is to not know your neighbors. What she did next turned zero phone numbers into a 30-person text chain, five neighborhood planting parties, and a block that now does dinners, cornhole tournaments, and driveway hot chocolate nights.

In this episode:

• Three very different experiences of "neighboring" in Colorado Springs
• The morning a SWAT team changed how Kelly saw community forever
• The one simple trick to overcome shyness and meet your neighbors (hold something in your hand!)
• Free coffee through the Neighborhood Café program with Kangaroo Coffee
• 150 Tables Across Colorado Springs and the Nominate a Neighbor program
• Neighborhood University (the free 12-week civic education program)
• How gardening brought out the Mayor, Governor Polis, and a whole lot of neighbors
• Kelly's Pick of the Week: morning hikes up Cheyenne Cañon & Red Rocks

Whether you're brand new to your street or you've lived there an "awkward amount of time," this episode will inspire you to knock on that door.

Learn more & register a table: heyneighbors.org

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