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The Cabin Neighborhood Accelerator
A 10-week program that helps you build a sense of community in your neighborhood.
Whether you’re just starting out or want to take your community to the next level, we want to help you turn your neighborhood into a thriving community.
Step-by-Step Support
You’ll receive clear, personalized guidance and hands-on support every step of the way.
Mentorship
You’ll learn from experienced mentors who have successfully built vibrant communities. They’ll share what’s worked and coach you through whatever comes up.
Incredible Humans
Our network of neighborhood builders offers a deep sense of camaraderie, encouragement, brainstorming, and cross-pollination of ideas that will elevate your community-building efforts. Together, we’ll navigate challenges, celebrate wins, and draw inspiration from the collective wisdom of each other’s experiments.
Accountability
You’ll be held accountable by your fellow stewards to take action each week to build a neighborhood you’re proud of.
Funding Opportunities
We connect neighborhood stewards with grants and public goods funding opportunities.
Is the Neighborhood Accelerator for you?
This program is for you if you want to:
Turn Your Neighbors Into Friends
You’re excited to build relationships with many different kinds of people in your neighborhood.
Turn Your Friends Into Your Neighbors
You want to help your friends move close to you and make hanging out frictionless.
Create a Strong Community
You want to co-create a culture where people show up for each other when it counts.
Do the Thing
You’re willing to try different things, make mistakes, try something new, and keep going even when it’s hard.
Build a Network City of Distributed Neighborhoods
We are creating a network of interconnected neighborhoods where people can easily find their tribe and create vibrant, multigenerational communities. If this excites you, you’re in the right place.
This program is not for you if:
You're looking for instant results
This is hard, deeply personal work. If you’re not willing to put in the effort each week to build something meaningful, this program isn’t for you.
You're not rooted
If you're not committed to investing in your current neighborhood for the foreseeable future, this program isn’t for you. We’d love to have you once you’re settled and committed.
You're extremely busy
We recommend people block out about 4 hours a week to participate in this program. Consider if you have the space to fully commit.
Not the right time yet? All good.
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Neighborhood Stories
Real moments + stories from the incredible folks in our program. Read more stories in our Accelerator 1-Month Update and Accelerator 2-Month Update.
Program Details
Key Dates
Program Runs: February 17 - April 30 (10 weeks)
Application Deadline: September 8, 11:59pm PT
Weekly Time Commitment
In this program you will be expected to commit at least 5 hours a week to participating fully in the program and building your neighborhood.
- 2 hrs per week for group calls
- 3 hrs per week for on-the-ground neighborhood building activities like knocking on doors, flyering your neighborhood, hosting events, building partnerships, spending 1:1 time building relationships, and more.
Curriculum
Each week we’ll learn the best practices and patterns of neighborhood building and then put them into practice in our neighborhoods. We’ll cover:
- Building Meaningful Relationships with Neighbors
- Helping Your Friends Move Into Your Neighborhood
- Building Third Places
- Hosting Events People Want to Attend
- Creating a Sense of Group Ownership
- Neighborhood Comms & Group Message Threads
- Knocking on Doors
- Solving Local Problems Together: Placemaking, Tactical Urbanism & Collective Action
Live Calls
- Weekly 75 min Pod Call: Learn proven neighborhood-building strategies, share progress, be held accountable to taking action each week, and get support from your peers.
- Workshops: Mentors and experts will lead highly interactive sessions on relevant topics.
Call timing will be based on participant availability.
How-To Guides
Step-by-step playbooks, updated regularly with real-world insights and stories of successful community builders in our program.
Telegram Groups
The async place to ask questions, get support from mentors and fellow neighborhood builders, see how others are doing things, and celebrate each others’ wins.
Ready to transform your neighborhood?
Build a thriving, connected community in your neighborhood
Create lasting, meaningful relationships with your neighbors
Live within walking distance of friends + family and make hanging out effortless
Solve local problems and build things with a group of engaged friends & neighbors
Foster a shared sense of ownership and pride in your area
Scholarships are available. If money is preventing you from applying, please email us.
If you’re not 100% satisfied within the first 14 days, you can request a full refund.
FAQs
What’s the application process like?
1. You apply here. Be sure to write from the heart and give thorough, well thought out answers in your application. We accepted 19% of applicants to our last program and plan to be even more selective this round.
2. Our team reviews the applications and invites the strongest applicants to a 1:1 interview shortly thereafter. This is a 2-way interview in that we’re both assessing if it’s a mutual good fit for you to join the program. If we’re both a yes, then you’re in the program!
What’s the time commitment?
We recommend blocking out about 5 hours per week to fully participate in the program. This time is spent on mostly on-the-ground, neighborhood building activities like knocking on doors, making flyers, hosting events, and building genuine relationships with neighbors.
Most participants find that the time they invest pays off exponentially in the form of a rich community of friends that enriches their lives for years to come.
I'm not a natural "people person." Can I still succeed in building my neighborhood?
Absolutely! Many participants in our past program started out feeling shy or introverted. Our goal is to provide you with the tools, strategies, and support to build connections in a way that feels deeply authentic to you.
What if my neighbors aren't interested in community building?
Here’s the deal. There are 100% going to be people who couldn’t be bothered to participate in the community you’re building. And that’s ok. We’re not after them.
We’re after the people who are secretly yearning for more connection. The people who are lonely and don’t know what to do about it. The people who would be deeply touched by the fact that you want to start something in y’all’s neighborhood. We’re after the people who are waiting for something beautiful to be a part of.
Cultures vary across the globe, but people are inherently the same. They all want connection, they all want to feel a part of something meaningful.
The right folks will say yes and that’s what matters.
We’re excited to teach you how to connect deeply with your neighbors to create meaningful relationships, and build incredible things together.
I live in a rural / urban / suburban area. Will this program work for my specific context?
Yes, our program is designed to be adaptable to all types of neighborhoods. We’ve got success stories from folks in dense urban environments, sprawling suburbs, and rural communities. The principles of community building are universal, and we'll help you apply them to your unique situation
What if I start the program and realize it's not for me?
We offer a 14-day money-back guarantee. If you participate in the first two weeks and feel it's not the right fit, we'll refund your money, no problem.
Is this program just for people brand new to neighborhood building or can I participate if I’ve been at it for a while?
You can absolutely join if you’ve been doing neighborhood work for any amount of time. The question is instead: do you have your own set of goals and desires for your neighborhood now? If so, then we’ll work together to create personalized roadmap of specific actions and experiments you’ll do for the duration of the program.
Seasoned neighborhood builders will gain access to new perspectives and approaches, a supportive network of people as nerdy about neighborhoods as you are, and tools that can supercharge your existing efforts. Many folks in the Accelerator find that the program helps them achieve in months what might have taken years on their own.
When are the weekly calls?
We hold a Pod Call once a week + workshops throughout the program.
Here are the current options for weekly Pod Call times:
EU/AU Pod: Mondays at 11-12:15pm CET / 6pm-7:15pm AWST
US/AU Pod: Wednesdays 5-6:15pm PST / 8-9:15pm EST / Thursdays at 9-10:15am AWST / 12-1:15pm AEST
US/EU Pod: Fridays 9-10:15am PST / 12-1:15pm ET / 6-7:15pm CET
Here's a timezone converter to help you pick which weekly call time works best for you. When you apply you’ll get to select which is the best time for you to have your weekly Pod Call.
Have additional questions? Email us.
Our Vision at Cabin
We’re creating a network of modern villages.
We’re building neighborhoods we’d want to grow up in and grow old in. We are our best selves when we live near people we admire. We want to live in neighborhoods where friends become family – where we have elders we respect and we raise our kids together – where we share resources and solve problems.
We know that it takes a village to raise kids and it also takes a village to thrive as an adult.
Cabin neighborhoods are places where we can dream about our ideal vision of the future, and start building it right in our own backyards. If this excites you, we’d love for you to join us.
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