[wallflower]

Good luck with the dinner! The most successful businessman I know, when he moved into his well-to-do suburban neighborhood immediately organized a block party. He mailed out over 250 invites. 100 neighbors showed up. That was the first year. The second year, even more. Take the lead. Neighbors started scheduling vacations around the annual block party. It's not a coincidence that he is probably also one of the most networked connectors I know (real network, not Facebook). The type of people who lived in that million-dollar+ house neighborhood... He's moved many times and always done that. Makes an impact in the sleepy suburban castle-doms where he lives. It's usually the first block party/large-scale gathering ever in those cul-de-sacs.