[The Chipster]

We recently moved into The Village of Dunedin, onto Valleybrook Way. We are from Atlanta (Lake Lanier) and have finally unpacked and are ready for some friendly socializing, perhaps over a few glasses of wine. If you live on or near Valleybrook Way, and would like some new friends, please send me a private message.

[graciegirl]

I am skeptical this approach will work. You might get better results by knocking on a few neighboring doors and inviting them to a driveway party, BYOB, chairs and a snack.

[The Chipster]

Thanks for the tip - I will let you know my results. We are thinking of starting some sort of block party because we are in a very new section and everyone has just moved in.. One question - how far away do you go with the flyers in the door? We do not want to insult anyone by exclusion, but there must be some common-sense guidelines on this.

[JoMar]

Originally Posted by The Chipster

Thanks for the tip - I will let you know my results. We are thinking of starting some sort of block party because we are in a very new section and everyone has just moved in.. One question - how far away do you go with the flyers in the door? We do not want to insult anyone by exclusion, but there must be some common-sense guidelines on this.

When we moved here two years ago we initiated a driveway meet and gave to flyers to our entire neighborhood (150 rooftops). We had about 50% show up but from that first meeting we had someone establish our presence on Nextdoor which was a great communications tool. We now have a meet and greet every quarter at Manatee plus individuals do driveway parties, lunches. Not everyone shows up for everything but if you are in a new neighborhood put it out to everyone you can, since it's a BYOB, snacks and chairs....why not?

[jnieman]

Originally Posted by The Chipster

Thanks for the tip - I will let you know my results. We are thinking of starting some sort of block party because we are in a very new section and everyone has just moved in.. One question - how far away do you go with the flyers in the door? We do not want to insult anyone by exclusion, but there must be some common-sense guidelines on this.

I did this when we first moved in a few years ago. I actually included three blocks, our block, the one behind us and the cul-de-sac. At the party I had a list for people to sign up with their e-mail addresses and put a disclaimer on it that if anyone was left out feel free to invite them and let me know so I could add their email address to my master list. We had 60 people show up to our block party which was held in the cul-de-sac. We provided the meat and charged $2.00 at the door and asked everyone to bring a side dish.

[The Chipster]

Thanks for the advice!

[2BNTV]

Just a suggestion:

Our neighborhood usually has a sign made for posting events just outside the mailbox station.

Everyone goes to the mailbox and sees what's happening.