After observing thousands of homes being both constructed and delivered, there were almost just as many lessons to be learned which shaped what I now believe to be my truths about community building. A fundamental one, being that I don’t actually believe community is something that we build. Instead, I believe it is something that we do. I believe that community is created from the inside out. And that each person plays a part in it. I believe that there is an inherent reciprocity between healthy communities and healthy people. And that our environments have a tremendous impact on our individual and collective human experience. Our environment being far beyond the roof over our heads. It is each micro moment of our daily doing and everyday encounters. And the people we have them with. Most importantly, I believe that the first home we ever truly build is ourselves.