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National Good Neighbor Day is this Monday, September 28, and the Navigating Solo™ Network is proud to be a 2026 National Good Neighbor Day Equipping Partner. For solo agers, good neighbors and connected communities can be an important part of an intentional Architecture of Support. And “neighborhood” can look very different depending on where you live. It might be an apartment or condo building, a city block, a suburban neighborhood, a rural road, or a community spread across a wider area. Connection can also grow in the everyday places we return to again and again - libraries, cafés, parks, community centers, local shops, walking groups, faith communities, and other “third places.” What matters is not the type of community. It is whether there are opportunities for meaningful points of connection. For National Good Neighbor Day, we have gathered free ideas and resources designed to help make communities more solo-friendly - including simple ways to: create light-touch connections with neighbors exchange contact information when appropriate identify people who might notice if something seems wrong find and strengthen the “third places” where connection already happens think more intentionally about community as part of your support network
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