Our mission is to turn your neighborhood into your community
At Backyard, we’re transforming where you live into the place you belong through repeated, in-person events right in your neighborhood
WHAT WE BELIEVE
Community should be easy.
At Backyard, we know community is vital to happiness and well-being. And no — we’re not talking about a Facebook group or Reddit thread. We mean real, in-person, physical community. With churches fading, loneliness on the rise, and everyone glued to their phones, it’s clear – true community is rare. Hard to find. Almost extinct.
We think that’s crazy.
Backyard exists to make community easy, intentional, and unavoidable. We serve as a community accelerator right in your neighborhood. Through fun, interactive social events, we’ll shove you (gently) into real connections and a sense of belonging.
Imagine knowing the name of your neighbors, your mailman, your bus driver… Come unlock your neighborhood. Learn what community feels like. Be brave. Show up. Have fun. Join Backyard.
BE BRAVE
Imagine what the world could be if we had a bit more courage. We know just one small act of bravery could change your life forever. So at Backyard, we practice bravery every day, it’s one of our core principles. Come be brave with us.
SHOW UP
We’ve all heard the saying before - 99% of life is showing up. Physical presence is the backbone of Backyard and we feel we could all use more of it. We aren’t asking for your first born… just you. Come show up.
HAVE FUN
At Backyard, we feel strongly that people are the center of fun. Whether you are young or old, rich or poor, an introvert or an extrovert, we laugh more together than alone. So let’s have some fun together, join Backyard.
Our Story
When I moved to San Francisco, I didn’t know anyone. I thought FaceTime and group chats would be enough — they weren’t. I needed real, in-person connection. That turned out to be far harder than expected. I tried everything — sports leagues, pickleball clubs, friendship apps — and it still took nearly three years to build a real network.
Sound familiar?
Almost everyone I met had the same story. Whether they were in Boston, Chicago, New York, or San Francisco, moving to a new city or even a new neighborhood meant starting community from scratch.
That’s when it clicked. Community shouldn’t be this hard.
When we’re young, it’s everywhere — classes, dorms, clubs, teammates. The structure exists. But after school, it disappears. You’re left to figure it out alone. I wanted a better way to feel welcomed immediately when moving to a new city — not another league, not a church, not another friendship app. Just real people, nearby, showing up together.
So I started Backyard. A place designed to make community easy again. A neighborhood-based, in-person social hub where connection is intentional, belonging is built, and no one has to start from zero.
So be brave. Show up. Have fun. And join Backyard :)
Sincerely,
Sammie Weaver
Backyard.
We grew up with treehouses, backyard forts, and “no adults allowed” signs. We played with whoever lived nearby — impromptu games of cops and robbers, flashlight tag, manhunt, kick the can.
We ran outside. We showed up. We joined in. We had fun.
That’s what we want to bring back — playing together again. So let us be your neighborhood clubhouse, tree fort, backyard.
Meet Us
#Twinning
That’s right — your co-founders are related. Twins, to be exact. And who better to build a community accelerator than two people who have literally never been alone.
Teddy and Sammie grew up building forts, running spy missions, and defeating Darth Vader with near-telepathic coordination. Having always had a built-in community, they’re passionate about making sure no one else has to go at it alone.
Together, they’re on a mission to bring real, in-person connection back to our neighborhoods.
Learn More
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We grow up surrounded by community — on sports teams, in clubs, and among classmates. School gives us structure, routine, and a built-in sense of belonging. After graduation, that structure disappears and we are left to forge community by ourselves. Backyard is solving this gap - we are building a framework for community.
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Our goal at Backyard is to help create and foster community in the physical world. We want to bring people together repeatedly, in person, in their own neighborhoods. We’ll make connection unavoidable so you can actually laugh, bond, and have fun the old-fashioned way - the human way. Ultimately, we hope to make community easy again.
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Our vision is to be the heart of your community—the center of real-world connection. So when you graduate, move cities, or settle into a new neighborhood, you don’t have to start over. Backyard offers a community to step into and the structure to make it last. Be brave. Show up. Have fun. Join Backyard.