The Future Home of Unplugged
Built by the community, for the community.
A permanent place where neighbors become friends, conversations replace notifications, and everyone has a place to belong.
We're more connected than ever…yet more disconnected than ever before.
Ask almost anyone in our town how they're doing and you'll hear some version of the same thing: busy, tired, and strangely alone. Not because people stopped caring about each other — but because the ordinary places where caring used to happen quietly disappeared.
- 0 in 3Adults report feeling lonely
- 0 in 4Lack enough social support
- 0%Higher risk of premature death
- Community Works
Investing in local places where people can gather is a key strategy recommended by the U.S. Surgeon General to strengthen social connection.
Our community is full of amazing people.But there are very few places where people simply belong.
We've hosted potlucks in homes, workshops in borrowed rooms, and gatherings in backyards that ended when the sun went down. Every one of them proved the same thing: people are hungry for genuine connection. What we're missing isn't the people, it's a place to return to.
- Coffee shops expect a purchase before you're welcome to stay.
- Libraries close, and their rooms book out months ahead.
- Temporary venues make consistency impossible.
- Community deserves a permanent home.
Imagine a Tuesday at the Hub
Not a gala. Not a fundraiser. Just an ordinary Tuesday in a place built for people.
- 8:00 AM
Coffee, slowly
Retirees and remote workers share a pot of coffee at the long table. Nobody is rushing. Someone remembers your name.
- 10:30 AM
Parents and toddlers
Parents gather on soft benches while toddlers play with wooden blocks on the rug. New-parent loneliness quietly dissolves.
- 1:00 PM
Watercolor and quiet
Someone learns watercolor by the window. Another person reads in an armchair for two hours and buys nothing.
- 3:30 PM
Phones in the basket
Students arrive after school. Phones go into a woven basket by the door. Homework, chess, photography, and actual conversation.
- 6:00 PM
Community dinner
Long tables. Shared food. Nobody eats alone. The person you sat beside last week saves you a seat.
- 8:00 PM
Music and goodnights
Local musicians play. Volunteers stack chairs. Neighbors linger in the doorway making plans for next week.
Imagine every week…
The same four walls become five different places, depending on who needs them.
Morning
Coffee hours, walk clubs, quiet coworking, elder check-ins.
Afternoon
Parent groups, toddler play, art tables, reading corners.
After School
Homework club, chess, teen leadership, phone-free hangouts.
Evening
Community dinners, skill shares, wellness circles, live music.
Weekends
Repair cafés, artist showcases, volunteer projects, block gatherings.
More Than a Building.A Community Engine.
You aren't funding square footage. You're funding the relationships that form inside it — the ones that outlast any lease.
Friendships
Repeated, unhurried contact is how strangers become friends.
Volunteerism
A front door makes it obvious how to show up and help.
Belonging
A place you don't have to earn your way into.
Collaboration
Neighbors, schools, and small businesses building together.
Support Networks
Rides, meals, listening ears — the informal safety net.
Traditions
The same table, the same night, year after year.
Answering the honest skeptics
We've asked ourselves all of these. Here's where we landed.
What happens here?
Everything we already do — plus everything we've had to turn down for lack of a room.
- Community dinners
- Walk clubs
- Book clubs
- Skill shares
- Homework club
- Teen leadership
- Parent groups
- Mental wellness circles
- Volunteer projects
- Artist showcases
- Repair cafés
- Open coworking
- Intergenerational events
- Civic conversations
What we're looking for
Two things stand between this community and its living room.
A Home
- 850–1,000 square feet
- Retail storefront preferred
- Los Gatos or surrounding communities
- Bathroom access
- Accessible entry
- Walkable and visible
One Year of Operational Support
Funding covers:
- Rent
- Utilities
- Insurance
- Furniture
- Programming
- Volunteer coordination
- Supplies
- Community events
How you can help
Provide a Space
Own, manage, or know of a storefront? A below-market lease, donated space, or introduction could be the whole campaign.
Start a conversationFund the First Year
Founding Community Builders cover rent, utilities, and programming so the doors open — and stay open.
Become a founding builderBecome a Community Partner
Local businesses, schools, faith groups, and civic organizations can sponsor a night, a program, or a season.
Partner with usEvery Community Deserves a Living Room.
A place where nobody has to earn their belonging.
Where children know elders.
Where neighbors know names.
Where conversations happen without notifications.
Where community isn't something we remember —
it's something we practice.
Let's build it together.
Become a Founding Community BuilderCreating spaces that restore organic human connection — combating depression, loneliness, and isolation across the Bay Area. The Future Home of Unplugged is our next chapter, not a separate one.