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A Community Project Can End with a Useful Closing Notice

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A finished community project can leave an active-looking page behind. New visitors may keep offering help or waiting for another meeting when the work has already ended.

State the ending plainly

Put the completion date near the top and say which activities have stopped. If a booklet, garden plan or public resource remains available, link to it directly. Distinguish the project’s finished output from any separate group continuing related work.

Explain the contact situation

Say whether the inbox is monitored and what kinds of questions it can still receive. Do not promise replies from volunteers who have moved on. If there is no ongoing contact, remove invitations that imply somebody will answer.

Thank contributors for specific work and obtain permission before publishing personal names or photographs. Then review the page from a newcomer’s perspective: can they tell what happened and what they can do now? A closing notice is a service to future visitors as well as a record for the people who helped.