Local Roots,
Global Impact

VillageCo supports individuals leading local community projects using our Village Model.

Villages are community-led, self-sustaining groups with a purpose of promoting connections, holding space for meaningful conversations, and generating local engagement.

VillageCooperative

VillageCollaborative

VillageCorporation

VillageConnector

VillageCollective

We're all of them. We're VillageCo

Here, we practice community leadership.

Current Projects

Our Annual Fundraiser

We raise funds to provide stipends to volunteers, pay for software, and support our Village Growing projects. Your support is greatly appreciated!

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Launching January 2026!

Join the next cohort of awesome humans bringing their local community together by trying out our Village Gathering Model.

More about the Village Growing Cohort

Our Vision

A Locally connected world

Our Mission

To expand our capacity for community with simple tools and practices that deepen connections

The Village Model

We make community organizing easy with a club-like structure based on great gathering experiences, shared roles, and member-led events and activities.

Sharing A Vision...

"Locally Connected" T's & Hoodies!

Join us in standing for a locally connected world by wearing one of our new t-shirts or hoodies! Each shirt sale provides $5 to support our work.

Visit The VillageCo Store

About Us

This short video covers who we are from leaves to roots

Village Projects

Operating since April 2020, Village Seattle has over 80 members who gather virtually once a week, and in-person monthly. Our members regularly host events including hikes, volunteering opportunities, and potlucks.

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Village Family is an idea to use the Gathering Program in a family reunion-style event. 8 Family gatherings have been conducted virtually with two families.

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Operating since August 2022, Village Boise is just getting started! We've had monthly potlucks and gatherings in the park and at our winter home at the Hyde Park Mennonite Fellowship.

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In 2024, a group of 20 Village Builders are working to bring apply a version 1 of our Village Building Toolkit in their own neighborhoods and community.

This pilot project is an effort to study the effectiveness of our model and tools in a variety of environments.

More about the Builders Cohort

Village Nomad is the only Village run by VillageCo, and serves as both a social gathering space for volunteers, and a practice space for Village Builders.

NOTE: Village Nomad gatherings periodically at different times and days of the week. For a list of upcoming gatherings, click here (TBD).

Reach Out Here

Every Monday stewards of Villages meet to support each other, discuss community building topics, and receive trainings.

More about VillageCore

To learn more about what happens at Village Gatherings, visit MeetVillage.org.

Meet Village

In The Media

Podcast Interview

Village Co-Founder Jason Sears is interviewed by Village In The City founder, Mark McKergrow in this podcast to talk about the Village, how it works, our social gathering model, and what we've learned so far.

Listen to the Podcast here

Feature in The Big Idea Lab

Feeling Alone and Disconnected? It Might be Time to Join a Village

"As the world has grown larger, so have the cracks that people can fall into. The Village Revolution is all about stitching our communities back together and shrinking those cracks."

Read The Article on LinkedIn

"VillageCo is an innovative effort to reconnect our neighborhoods and heal our social fabric."
- Seth Kaplan

To learn more about this importance of neighborhoods, visit Seth Kaplan's website.

About Us

Our Toolkit

Once you get people together, what then? How do we create and hold space that is open to all people and ideas?

A key project is to continue developing our Toolkit. The toolkit includes everything a group needs to organize a Village in their community, from software to agendas. It's been crafted over the years with input from dozens of community organizers working in a variety of settings.

Our Journey

What makes Village different? How have we learned from our past community building experiences?

Village was born years ago and nurtured by the passions and work of many individuals who came together in 2020 during the COVID lockdowns. What emerged was something none of us could have done alone. Look below for a list of our co-creators.

Click here for a short 4- minute video outlining our history and milestones of the last few years.