150 Tables Builds Vibrant Communities, One Neighbor at a Time

Hey Neighbor was highlighted agin for its push to connect the community through its facilitation of 150 Tables Across COS! This time we were highlighted in Springs Magazine.

Here is just a taste of what the article covered “On the summer solstice, neighbors and friends gather under towering shade trees on the grassy lawn of Mid Shooks Run Park to connect over a table laden with taco fixings.

Holding paper plates piled high with tortillas and taco meat, neighbors sit on park benches and folding chairs to talk. Laughing kids run around their parents, play tag and climb on the nearby playground.

A community gathering for 150 Tables Across COS, the taco party is doing exactly what it is meant to do: build authentic connections between neighbors.

“It’s great for people to meet each other,” says Middle Shooks Run resident and taco party organizer Lisa Coray. “And everybody likes tacos.”

A spinoff of the statewide initiative, local nonprofit Hey Neighbor is on a mission to host 150 community gatherings across all of Colorado Springs’ 77 neighborhoods, as well as neighborhoods in Manitou Springs, Fountain and Monument.

Running May through October, the initiative aims to strengthen communities by building connection, trust, belonging and relationships between neighbors, says Kelly Bull, Hey Neighbor’s executive director.”

This article was written by Laura Fitzgerald and the full story can be found here! As always Hey Neighbor is thankful for all the coverage made by outlets who also seek to keep Colorado Springs connected.