Inspired by the Nordic concepts of hygge, samla, and koselig – Samlakos [sawm-lah-kōhs] is a playful word created to mean, "People coming together for a cozy gathering."

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Now, more than ever, we need hyper-local spaces for our communities to gather. Spaces that are not owned and influenced by faceless and far-removed corporate interests. Spaces that are not owned by exclusionary idealogical organizations. Spaces owned and operated by the community itself. Community living rooms.

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The mission of Samlakos is to figure out how to create self-sustaining community living rooms and then provide the playbook, platform, and resources to scale this into every neighborhood.