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Category Archives: Neighborhoods
Neighbors Build Community in the Village of the Arts
[originally published on the neighbor-created site, villageconnectors.com) Last week, a small group of neighbors in the Village of the Arts invited the wider community to join their conversation about how to improve their community. Here is the story of that gathering. … Continue reading
HoodRoving News: I am not alone!
Excerpt from latest article on my adventures in neighborhood connecting (aka HoodRoving). Full article is linked below. Enjoy and share your thoughts please!!! ~ April HoodRoving News: I am not alone! I value citizenship—the ability we each have to … Continue reading
EVENT: Creative Conversation on Radical Inclusion
JOIN ME for this “Creative Conversation”~ I’m grateful to have been invited to this wonderful local hub of artistic skill and community spirit to share about my favorite subject!RADICAL INCLUSION: THE ART of COMMUNITYAs part of the Creative Conversations series at … Continue reading
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HoodRoving News: I am not alone!
I value citizenship—the ability we each have to make a difference through our actions around something we care about, in the company of others. Yet, from over at least a decade of witnessing people trying to make the world a … Continue reading
Posted in Building Community, Neighborhoods, Published Articles
Tagged action, April Doner, burn-out, citizenship, civic engagement, community, community building, diversity, exchange, florida, friends, Gillespie Park, innovation, meals, neighborhoods, neighbors, roving, sarasota, SCOPE, sharing
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Amazing Neighbors: Don the Unstoppable
Who lives around me? What makes them amazing? How could knowing that be useful? This is what I’ll be exploring in a new series of blogs called “Amazing Neighbors.” My first interview is with someone I’ve admired since we first … Continue reading
Posted in Building Community, Local Events, Neighborhoods, People Who Inspire Me, Published Articles
Tagged ABCD, action, asset-based community development, civic engagement, climate change, community, community building, connecting, DIY, Don Hall, Economics of Happiness, gifts, movements, neighbors, resources, sarasota, SCOPE, social change, social innovation, Transition
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Why Tango? Conversation with my neighbor, Albert Rombold
Interview: Albert Rombolt Owner and Instructor, Tango & Salsa Dance Studio Gillespie Park/Rosemary District Neighborhood 6/15/12 April Doner (TWIS): One of the things I noticed about you before I ever me you was that you’re always sitting outside in … Continue reading
Posted in Neighborhoods, People Who Inspire Me
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Me, Mom & Thomas (the Check-out Boy)
I was on the phone with my mom as I went to check out my groceries at Publix tonight to pick up mac’n’cheese (mad craving!) and bananas, apples, and yogurt (for my favorite morning smoothies). Got to the counter, still … Continue reading
Posted in Building Community, Neighborhoods, Public Space
Tagged community, connection, grocery store, innovation, mother, public space, spontaneity, technology
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Gillespie Park Adventure: How Victor Jr. Outdid Me
This is the story of how a little boy named Victor completely outstripped me as a fearless trailblazer of neighborhood connecting… and reminded me to give kids more credit for being alert, capable leaders in community. It all started last … Continue reading
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Neighborhood Love Letter
This is a Love Letter I wrote for Valentine’s Day to my beloved neighborhood, Gillespie Park (in Sarasota, FL). Here’s the first few lines and photos, click the link to see the whole thing on This Week in Sarasota. **You … Continue reading