moving in step

Who We Are

"Moving In Step is a network of your friends and neighbors with all kinds of talents and skills who wish to help meet the needs of the Nelson and Munsonville community."

As a community, we have always stepped forward together to enhance our strengths, and to collectively agree upon ways to boldly build for our future without losing the flavor of our past. Today, Moving In Step continues a long and rich tradition of caring for each other and our neighborhood.

Our Future Is Calling!

... and our past wishes to be heard.

Recognizing that some communities allow the future to happen to them and others see that the future of a community is something that can be created together, a small group of friends and neighbors began to come together to take a personal stake in the future of the Nelson and Munsonville community.

Word began to spread of this bold community initiative, and Moving In Step was born.

Currently ...

Moving In Step focuses on ways in which our town government, our local nonprofit groups, and each neighbor may have a safe and civic space in which to come together and work together.

Where Do We Begin?

Our first goal is to gather all of our friends and neighbors to determine:

• What are our current strengths and assets as a community?
• What are some of the most serious challenges we face that are within our control to change or enhance?
• Which aspects of our community as it is at present do we wish to maintain, and which should we change?

Ways in which this process has already begun is with the publication of a weekly newsletter sent by email to any resident who requests to be on the mailing list. This newsletter contains a listing of calendar events and small bits of news.

On the first Thursday of every month, Moving In Step sponsors a community-wide Pot Luck Supper. Here, neighbors gather to discuss what's important to them and to enjoy each others' company.

We've learned a lot from telling our stories to each other. We've discovered new concerns. We've listened to many suggestions. We're inviting everyone to become involved. In order to deal with the challenges we face, we must engage everyone in the conversations.