Leahy Legal Consulting
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Creating Great Places to Live
Beyond my front door is my Neighborhood. And those I encounter there are my Neighbors.
I have lived in many Neighborhoods. Six were great. I felt I belonged. And my Neighbors had my back.
A great Neighborhood is partly the work of a catalyst, someone who believes that “home” is an experience, not a structure.
An experience of belonging.
Neighborhoods with common areas have a homeowners’ association tasked with caring for the common areas. And owners are association members.
But in a great Neighborhood, they are
- first and foremost -
Neighbors.
Migrating from the sometimes “Us vs. Them” experience of association membership to the “We before Me” experience commonly associated with a great Neighborhood takes time and effort.
It typically starts with the kind acts of the catalyst, which stirs Neighbors to do likewise. From the ensuing chain reaction, a shared understanding gradually emerges:
That this is how life is lived in this Neighborhood of ours.
For reasons explained elsewhere, my legal consulting practice supports this migration. I design and help Neighbors implement a WUCIOA compliant association operating system - (Bylaws and Declaration) - which also gives effect to their belief that they are, first and foremost, Neighbors.