She Helped Bring Reunion Together. Then She Made It Home.

Nancy Lease was out delivering event flyers when she knocked on a door and met a family who had recently moved from India. They were new to Reunion and hadn’t yet experienced one of its community celebrations.

Nancy invited them to Holiday Happenings as her personal guests.

Watch Nancy’s full video interview.

The whole family came: three children, their parents, and their grandmother. They met Santa, visited vendors, enjoyed hot cocoa, and joined in the festivities. What stayed with Nancy was what happened afterward.

The family began stopping by her home each month with a treat from India. They told her how much that invitation had meant. Over time, she says, they got to know the other neighbors on the street, too.

For Nancy, that’s the part of planning an event that matters most: seeing an introduction become a relationship.

A Familiar Place for a New Chapter

Before she became a Reunion resident, Nancy already knew the community well. Through her business, BLiNG Entertainment and Events, she had spent years helping bring people together here.

When her daughter and grandson joined her household, she needed a larger home. She also wanted a neighborhood where her grandson could grow up knowing the people around him.

“I got to know a lot of the residents here, and I felt like this would be a really good match for what I was looking for,” she says.

Five years after moving in, Nancy shares her home with three generations. That perspective follows her into her work. With a six-year-old grandson, a daughter in her 30s, and Nancy in her 60s, she thinks about what would make an outing enjoyable for everyone in her own household.

It gives her a personal stake in the experiences she helps create.

“I really want my neighbors to have a good time,” she says.

The People You Come Back to See

Ask Nancy about her favorite Reunion traditions, and she names the Easter celebration and Holiday Happenings. She loves their smaller settings, the families who dress for the occasion, and the feeling that someone is heading home with a memory worth keeping.

She notices connections taking shape throughout the year, too. People strike up conversations while waiting for a food truck. They sit down to eat together or find a spot on the grass beside the lake. At Red, White and Bluefest, neighbors from different parts of Reunion get a chance to meet.

Then she sees familiar faces return.

“Each year I see repeats of people coming back to those events, and those connections seem to be staying with them,” Nancy says.

An event calendar gives people a reason to show up. After a while, the people they’ve met give them another.

Belonging, Right Outside the Front Door

Some of Nancy’s favorite examples of life at Reunion happen on her own street.

Neighbors step onto each other’s lawns to talk. They catch up and help with the practical details of homeownership. When Nancy needed her sprinklers winterized and couldn’t remember how to open the valves, a neighbor down the street came to help.

Those everyday exchanges are part of what she had hoped to find when she moved.

“I really find that it’s someplace that I can feel like I belong,” she says.

For someone touring new homes in Reunion, Nancy knows that part can be harder to see.

“You see the beautiful homes here, but you don’t know what’s inside of those homes,” she says, pointing to the neighbors willing to go the extra mile for one another.

Come Meet the Neighbors

Nancy’s advice to anyone considering a home here is simple: talk to the people who live here. Ask about their experience. Take time to explore and picture your own routines alongside theirs.

As someone who plans community celebrations, she would naturally love for you to experience an event, too.

You can explore Reunion’s community events and meet the home builders to plan your visit. Leave a little room between home tours for a conversation. For Nancy, getting to know the neighbors was how her next chapter began.