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HeyNeighbor™ the app

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HeyNeighbor™ is an app designed to facilitate human connection, between neighbors and friends, through doing favors for each other.

How Does HeyNeighbor™ Help?

Are there times when you wouldn't mind picking up a few extra things for a neighbor while you're at the store? Are there times when you resist going to the store because the drive isn't worth the few items you want? Do you enjoy an excuse to say hello to a friend or neighbor? Does it feel good to help a person out?

HeyNeighbor™ takes the complexity out of folksletting each other know they wouldn't mind picking up a few extra things, tracking multiple orders, communicating timing and constraints and building a culture of connection.

Why HeyNeighbor™

I'm still amazed, each time I order nearly anything, from Amazon and it arrives on my front porch within mere hours or few days. I'm also thrilled when I can order groceries from InstaCart or Shipt and they arrive fresh and in time for dinner. I'm reminded, however, when I stumble into a spectacular, little, neighborhood market, that there are goods still outside the reach of the gig delivery ecosystem. Stores, like Alon's Bakery and Market in Atlanta, are destinations I seek out whenever I make the forty five minute or so drive from where I live. One of the compromises of where I live is a profound lack of organic foods so I make that trip when my desire for deliciousness and nutrition outweigh my disdain for Atlanta interstate traffic or when business takes me to the city.

On our amazing, digitally connected planet, we have the world's information at our fingertips and the universe of consumer goods dropped on our doorstep. However, we don't have the casual, accidental, seemingly trivial interactions our immediate and ancient ancestors depended upon. We no longer bump into each other at the post office, the local bakery, or even the town pub. Many of us aren't attending a church. The Covid lock downs drove us further into isolation and we not yet recovered our neglected relationships. Humans are social animals and have been for millions of years. Technology has made chores easier at the same time the downstream effects are killing us. Research ( CDC, NIH 1, NIH 2, NIH 3, Harvard 1, Harvard 2, Nature, Johns Hopkins ) has shown that human connection is the single most important factor in living a long, fulfilling life. The Harvard Study of Adult Development, found:

Let's reconnect and use technology in a way that makes us healthier, happier and nicer people.