Build third places.

Get Involved with Shared Spaces

theageofabundance.space is an at-cost, ad-free hub for community-run spaces. Work through this list to go from visitor to participant.

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• Subscribe to the newsletter

  Occasional updates on new spaces, courses, and library additions — nothing else.

• Read the three pillars

  Community spaces open to everyone, booking at cost with no membership walls, run by the people who use them.

• Learn what makes a third place

  Start with the library's primer on third places — the social spaces beyond home and work.

• Take the placemaking course

  Project for Public Spaces' placemaking materials, linked in the Courses section.

• Explore community land trusts

  The Grounded Solutions resource collection in the library covers how communities take ownership of space.

• Follow the signals feed

  A running feed of shared-space projects and ideas worth watching.