Outreach: Make connections with local people, get them aware of you and what you’re wanting to do, get their input on what they would like to see.
Planning: Come up with things you want to see your community doing, maybe start with a small street party each year.
For example you might live in an apartment, so you knock on some doors and meet with your neighbours and they say they’d love a garden. Now you’ve gotta plan how to get it started, maybe a local council or vacant property could be converted. Once you’ve got an activity or place, you can get people to start using it and spending time together. Maybe your first harvest comes in and you all have a large picnic which you can advertise around to get more awareness and engagement, etc.