Start where you are.
There is more than one way to care about Lake Como.
You may want information.
You may want one small action.
You may need help understanding a process.
You may be ready for a resident role.
You may have useful capacity to contribute.
You do not have to enter through the same door as everyone else.
Five ways to get started
You do not have to do everything.
You care about Lake Como. You may have a question, an idea, a concern, something to contribute, or simply a desire to stay informed.
You do not need a title, a committee seat, or a big commitment to begin.
Choose the doorway that fits what you need right now.
One useful first step is enough.
1. Stay informed.
Block Subscriber
Want to know what is happening in Lake Como without committing to meetings, training, or volunteer work?
Block Subscriber is KLCB's easiest way to stay connected. Receive neighborhood updates, useful information, opportunities, and clear next steps.
Start here if you want information you can use.
2. Take one first action.
7-Day Challenge
Want to do something useful but aren't sure where to begin?
The 7-Day Challenge gives you seven small opportunities to notice your block, learn, connect, document what matters, take action, and decide what comes next.
No title. No training.
No pressure to fix everything.
Start here if you want a short, practical first-action experience.
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3. Get help navigating.
Office Hours/ Get Help
Have a question about a City service, neighborhood condition, notice, development issue, or public process?
You do not need to know the correct department, procedure, or person before asking.
Office Hours is a place to bring the question, find information, understand the available route, and identify a reasonable next step.
Start here if you need help figuring something out.
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4. Explore resident roles.
On My Block
Want a more defined way to participate in neighborhood action?
On My Block connects residents to bounded, supported roles that help turn neighborhood concern into organized action and follow-through.
Explore Block Builder, Code Connector, Lions Watch, and Adopt Your Block to learn how different kinds of participation work.
Some roles require orientation, readiness review, or authorization before placement.
Start here if you are interested in a defined resident role.
5. Bring what you have.
Contribute Capacity
Have time, expertise, resources, useful connections, or partnership capacity to offer?
KLCB welcomes contributions that help build neighborhood and institutional capacity.
Tell us what you can offer. You do not have to determine the right assignment or relationship before reaching out.
KLCB will review the offer and route it to an appropriate next step.
Start here if you have something useful to contribute.
Choose what works for you.
These are different ways to enter the work— not a ladder everyone must climb.
You can stay informed without volunteering.
You can take a first action without joining a program.
You can ask for help without knowing the system.
You can explore a resident role directly, without completing unrelated roles first.
And you can offer capacity without taking on responsibility for an entire neighborhood.
KLCB helps make the pathways clearer. Residents choose how they participate.
Institutions remain responsible for the work they are accountable for.
NEED HELP NAVIGATING?
You don't have to know the right lane before you ask.
Have a question about a City service, neighborhood condition, notice, development issue, or public process?
Bring the question. KLCB will help you understand who handles it, what process applies, and what next step makes sense.
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