WELCOME TO COMMON GROUND
COMMON GROUND: CONNECTION & KOCKTAILS
An intimate evening of connection, culture & possibility.
What happens when thoughtful people come together, share a table, and make room for real conversation?
Common Ground: Connection & Kocktails is a periodic gathering designed to bring together community leaders, entrepreneurs, creatives, professionals, and curious individuals for meaningful conversation around the people, cultures, ideas, and issues shaping our communities.
This isn't a conference or traditional networking event.
It's a place to connect, listen, exchange ideas, and see one another beyond assumptions.
Each gathering creates space for authentic conversation, cultural learning, relationship-building, and unexpected connections.
Some attendees may become Common Ground ambassadors, speakers, mentors, partners, collaborators, or future Board members.
Come curious. Leave connected.
Dates and locations are shared privately.
Interested in joining a future gathering or becoming part of the Common Ground Community? Contact us at:
connect@commongroundconsortium.com
Shared Vision, Different Roots. Common Ground.
Common Ground Signature Events
Creating connections through culture, conversation, commerce and shared experiences.
THE COMMON GROUND VENDOR VILLAGE
Where Community, Connection & Commerce Come Together
Different Roots. Common Ground.
The Common Ground Consortium Vendor Village is a monthly community experience designed to bring people together around the things that make communities vibrant: local businesses, culture, conversation, entertainment, food, family, entrepreneurship, and connection.
More than a marketplace, Vendor Village creates a space where community meets commerce and where local entrepreneurs, families, creatives, organizations, and community partners can connect in an environment designed for discovery, participation, and shared experience.
Because sometimes building community is as simple as showing up, meeting someone new, supporting a local business, sharing a meal, hearing some music, and finding a little common ground.
THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH
Saturday, November 14, 2026
DFW Sports Garden | Coppell, Texas
The first official Common Ground Consortium Vendor Village will launch on Saturday, November 14, 2026, in Coppell, Texas.
The launch will introduce Vendor Village as an ongoing monthly experience where community, culture, connection, commerce, and entertainment come together.
More details and registration information are coming soon.
WHAT YOU'LL FIND AT VENDOR VILLAGE
Vendor Village is designed to offer more than shopping.
🛍️ LOCAL VENDORS
Discover entrepreneurs, small businesses, makers, creatives, service providers, and local brands.
🤝 COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Connect with organizations, nonprofits, businesses, and community resources working to make a difference.
🍴 FOOD & BEVERAGE
Enjoy delicious food and on-site refreshments while experiencing the Village.
🎶 LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
Music, performances, and live entertainment create an atmosphere where people can gather, enjoy themselves, and connect.
👨👩👧👦 KIDS CORNER
A dedicated space designed to introduce young entrepreneurs to the experience of business, creativity, and community participation.
💼 NETWORKING & CONNECTION
Meet people beyond your usual circles, build relationships, exchange ideas, and discover opportunities to collaborate.
🌎 CULTURE & COMMUNITY
Experience the people, stories, traditions, creativity, and perspectives that make our communities unique.
A PLACE TO EXPERIENCE COMMUNITY
At Common Ground, we believe connection shouldn't be reserved for conferences, corporate events, or formal networking sessions.
It can happen anywhere people are willing to come together.
Vendor Village creates that opportunity.
You might come to shop.
You might come to sell.
You might come to hear live music.
You might come for the food.
You might bring your family.
You might discover a new business.
You might meet a future partner.
You might hear a story you've never heard before.
Or you might simply come to be around people.
That's Common Ground.
FOR ENTREPRENEURS & LOCAL BUSINESSES
Vendor Village provides an opportunity for local entrepreneurs and businesses to showcase what they do, connect directly with the community, build relationships, and grow their visibility.
Whether you're an established business, emerging entrepreneur, maker, creative, food vendor, service provider, or young entrepreneur, Vendor Village is designed to create space for you to be seen.
Bring your business. Bring your story. Bring your community.
COMMON GROUND KIDS CORNER
We're also creating space for the next generation of entrepreneurs.
Common Ground Kids Corner will provide young entrepreneurs ages 5–15 with an opportunity to showcase and sell their mini-businesses in a supportive community environment.
The goal is simple:
Create. Learn. Participate. Lead.
Kids Corner is designed to encourage entrepreneurship, confidence, creativity, and community engagement while giving young people a chance to experience what it means to bring an idea to life.
Limited spots will be available.
SPONSORS & COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Vendor Village is also an opportunity for organizations and businesses that want to invest in community.
We welcome sponsors and strategic partners who want to connect with local entrepreneurs, families, community leaders, and consumers while supporting an experience built around culture, connection, commerce, and community.
Become a Sponsor.
Become a Community Partner.
COME BE PART OF THE VILLAGE
VENDORS
Showcase your business, products, services, creativity, or organization.
SPONSORS
Invest in an experience that brings community, commerce, culture, and connection together.
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Help connect people with resources, opportunities, and organizations making a difference.
VOLUNTEERS
Help create the experience and become part of the Common Ground community.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC
Come shop. Eat. Listen. Connect. Discover. Support local. Meet someone new.
JOIN THE MOVEMENT. BUILD COMMON GROUND.
The Common Ground Vendor Village is more than an event.
It is a place to connect.
A place to discover.
A place to support.
A place to experience.
A place to belong.
More details and registration information coming soon.
Interested in becoming a vendor, sponsor, community partner, or volunteer?
Connect Here
Reach out to join our next community gathering.