Ok, well, maybe there is a Welcoming Committee here in town. I asked my co-workers today if they thought creating a welcoming committee would be more of a time commitment than I envision. One of them suggested I call New Neighbors and ask them.
New Neighbors is a national social group that welcomes the newly relocated; there is one here in town and I am having lunch tomorrow with a representative. Yay!
I asked her why I don't know about their service since I have been here for a year. She said they are mentioned in the Chamber relocation package, but I don't remember receiving that information last year in my package. It was a hectic time for me, though, and I may have overlooked the significance of such a service in all the excitement. In addition, when someone buys a house in the area, New Neighbors is notified and they go welcome the, well, the new neighbor. They have not extended their services into the rental community, which is why I didn't hear about it that way.
And yes, it's a very big time commitment. A Chamber up in the northern hills had its own welcoming committee for a while and was absorbed into New Neighbors a few years ago.
So. If we go with a Welcoming Committee, I'd like to suggest we work with New Neighbors to incorporate the rental community and I may have more ideas after lunch :)
New Neighbors is a national social group that welcomes the newly relocated; there is one here in town and I am having lunch tomorrow with a representative. Yay!
I asked her why I don't know about their service since I have been here for a year. She said they are mentioned in the Chamber relocation package, but I don't remember receiving that information last year in my package. It was a hectic time for me, though, and I may have overlooked the significance of such a service in all the excitement. In addition, when someone buys a house in the area, New Neighbors is notified and they go welcome the, well, the new neighbor. They have not extended their services into the rental community, which is why I didn't hear about it that way.
And yes, it's a very big time commitment. A Chamber up in the northern hills had its own welcoming committee for a while and was absorbed into New Neighbors a few years ago.
So. If we go with a Welcoming Committee, I'd like to suggest we work with New Neighbors to incorporate the rental community and I may have more ideas after lunch :)
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