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Shirah and I have learned that running a neighborhood is both incredibly rewarding and incredibly labor-intensive. There are so many inner workings to a thriving resilient neighborhood that few people (including ourselves before this past year) truly ever think about or consider. Thus, no software has been developed to assist us with this niche, but incredibly necessary, community-building work of building a healthy, connected, resilient neighborhood. I’ve started to believe that Cabin could play an exciting role in changing that.

I’ve been dreaming-up the platform to help us run the operations of our neighborhood, The Terrific Terrace right off of Piedmont. I’ve been calling it NeighborhoodOS, a social utility designed to instigate and organize local communities around the world.

I’ve been getting really excited thinking about this, so I put together my thoughts outlining what I imagine this could look like, which is outlined below (you can also read a native Notion doc here)

3 Components to a Neighborhood Operating System

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Neighborhood Accelerator

Problem

Starting a neighborhood can be hard and lonely, without much of a path to follow to eventually build your own

Solution

Build an RPG-led product to accompany and motivate participants along their journey in the Neighborhood Accelerator

Target Audience

Motivated community builders

When

Now

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Neighborhood Dashboard

Problem

There’s nothing available (and easily accessible to tech noobs) to help us organize the 3 essential aspects to every neighborhood

1. Daily happenings & group activities
2. Mutual Support
3. Safety

Solution

Build an accessible dashboard for all neighbors to use to document essential neighborhood activities

Target Audience

Non-techie busy neighbors

When

Next

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Neighborhood Treasuries

Problem

It’s unreasonably hard, annoying, and cumbersome to manage the financial operations of a neighborhood

Solution

Build the financial rails to power the maintenance, growth, and financial backbone to your neighborhood.

Target Audience

Web3-educated Stewards

When

Later

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Neighborhood Accelerator

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Catalyzing the next generation of amazing Neighbors

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Grin and Jon already have some product ideas moving with how to build software to support the Neighborhood Accelerator. I’m excited for the direction they’re heading.

I’ll say more about this later, but it’s my belief that this section of the software and operation of the organization should be entirely free. This is an incredible top-of-funnel for Cabin and I believe it should be treated as a marketing expense that is an investment in developing loyal product advocates (Stewards) in communities that will ultimately all adopt the NeighborhoodOS system to run their local activities.

The role of incentivizes deserves further discussion, but I believe key neighborhood-building milestones should be rewarded with USDC to accomplish 3 things:

1. Generate goodwill and loyalty with Neighborhood Stewards (who are essential to the longevity of Cabin)
2. Provide real-world incentives to progress through the entire Neighborhood Accelerator program
3. Requires Neighborhood Stewards to become comfortable with Crypto rails (an essential component to the viability of Neighborhood Treasuries.

Neighborhood Dashboard

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Everything you need to support your dream neighborhood

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The Neighborhood Dashboard is the technological centerpiece of NeighborhoodOS, providing a central hub for community activities and management. It is designed to simplify and enhance how neighborhoods document, organize, and share critical information.

Core Features:

• Event Calendar: an intuitive, easy-to-use calendar that allows neighbors to document community events, add new activities easily, and synchronize with external tools like Google Calendar. This feature fosters active participation and ensures that residents remain informed about local happenings.
• Mutual Aid: A dedicated section of the dashboard enables neighbors to post requests for help or offers of assistance. Whether it’s borrowing tools, sharing skills, or offering services, this feature promotes mutual aid and strengthens bonds between neighbors.