Community: Some Ideas
Community Spaces
- Think about your favorite spaces & go there more often
- Become a “Regular”: Go at the same time each week to meet other Regulars
- Parks/Beach
- Book Club/Bookstore/Library
- Sporting Club
- Farmers Markets
- Coffee Shop
- Dog Park
- Gym
- Trivia Night/Mahjong
- Billiards/Shuffleboard/Ping pong
- HOA Board/Neighborhood-Community group
- Political group/Attend local government meetings
- Place of Worship
- Join a group: acting, choir, improv, photography, dance, etc
- Chat rooms: Reddit/Quora/Discord/Instagram/Facebook/Tumblr
- Support Groups
Special Events
- MeetUp.com
- AirBnB classes
- Fetstivals/Art Fairs/Farmer’s Markets
- Concerts/Plays/Dance/Speakers
- Retreats/Seminars/Speakers
- Creative Loafing/Tampa
- Curtis Hixon Park/Tampa
- Tampa Theater
- Straz Center/Tampa
- Ruth Eckerd Hall/Clearwater
- Palladium/St. Petersburg
- Mahaffey Theater/St. Petersburg
New Friends + Dating
- Online Female Friend site (Hey Vina, Bumble BFF)
- Events & Adventures
- MeetUp.com
- GetThursday.com
- Match.com
- OK Cupid
- Bumble
- Hinge
- GRNDR (for LGBTQ+)
- Taimi (for LGBTQ+)
- Her (for lesbians)
- Stir (for single parents)
- Dateability (for those who have disabilities and chronically illnesses)
- FetLife
- Christian Mingle
- J-Date
- BLK
- Positive Singles (for those with STDs)
- Meet Mindful
- Coffee Meets Bagels
- Zoosk
- Facebook Singles
- Plenty of Fish
- Tinder
- E-Harmony
- Our Time
- Widows Or Widowers
Retreats + Workshops
- Omega Institute, NY/ Speakers to inspire living with purpose, connection, and compassion
- Esalen Institute, CA/ Holistic educational center
- Moonbird Soulful Living Women’s Retreats & Pottery, NC
- Girls Just Wanna Weekend/ Music festival & gatherings founded by Brandie Carlie & wife Catherine Shepard
- Sign up for your local activist group, art workshops, yoga retreats, author conferences, etc
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