Most people split their time between two places: home and work or school.
Sociologist Ray Oldenburg had a name for the spaces beyond those two. He called them “third places,” the informal gathering spots where people linger, run into familiar faces, and slowly start to feel like part of a community.
In Delaware County, those places go well beyond coffee shops and bars. They include bookstores, yoga studios, libraries, maker spaces, music venues, and parks…