The Missing Corner
A Neighborly Gathering Place
In BZ Corner, WA
(And… the building literally has a corner missing out of it.)
We are Inviting Connection in a Disconnected World
A small, human place to pause — that’s …
larger then your living room,
more private than a coffee shop,
more intimate than a grange hall.
Reserved for gatherings like Company Retreats, Kids Birthday Parties, Sci Fi Book Clubs, Open Music Jams, Community Potlucks, Yoga Classes, Basket Weaving Classes and AA meetings.
Reserved (the side office) for pop up work like online meetings, massage studios, tatoo sessions, and wellness client consultations.
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Or just come on by and grab a taco from Chivi’s and boating gear from the White Salmon Boat Library.
This is a community center designed to be shaped by the people who use it.
Including those travelling through who need a safe spot to park for the night with bathrooms.
People Use the Space for:
Internet access and remote work
Community classes and clubs
Celebrations and life gatherings
Talks, recitals, and presentations
Meetings, retreats and workshops
This is Our Space.
Place based, local communities are rewoven when neighbors are in economic relationship with each other, not with someone online across the continent or world.
What you give in your time, talents and monetary contributions are investments into weaving this community.
It begins with the meeting of needs and unfolds into the creation of beauty.
Open Mic Nights and Concerts
Yard Play
Firedancing
Craft Fair
Late Night Dance Party
Basket Weaving Class
Dinner Party
Solstice Bonfire
Wizards Eye Release Party - Outdoor Showing
CPR Class
Easter Egg Dying and Hunt
Small No Frills Wedding
Just a hangout
New Years Eve Party- Bringing in the dawn
Halloween Meet-up
Afterschool Kids Club
Landscaping Party with a Kids Table
Private Music Recital
Quinceañera
Community Storytime!
Yogalates Class
Easter Egg Hunt
Boat Demos and Gear Swaps
Pumpkin Carving
Our job is simple.
We help neighbors make things happen.
What do you want to try, build, or tend?
If it doesn’t fit neatly anywhere else, it might fit here.
This is a place where the seemingly impossible becomes probable.
We partner with people who want to stay with an idea over time — neighbors who are interested in building something real, grounded, and useful together.
If you’re curious about the values and thinking that shape this place, you can read more about our approach here.
Partnerships
How this place came to be
Owners Reflection.
When I (Natalie Anderson) first set foot in the building that was for sale across the street from my house, I just knew what it was supposed to be.
And in that same moment, I knew I was situated to do it — financially, emotionally, and locationally. I was postpartum with my second child, stepping away from scientific research, and wanting more connection and aliveness with the place and the people I lived near.
So I stepped into the invitation. Mostly out of a desire to create what I was missing in my own life.
Effortless community.
A platform for unpressured projects with my neighbors.
Come and find me. I’m here.
Stories from my corner
Do you love what I am doing?
Some people choose support The Missing Corner financially through membership or offering a one-time contribution. Both help keep this place alive.
Rivers don’t simplify complexity — and neither should we.
As a river scientist, kayaker, mother, and architect of living systems, I’ve learned that real capacity isn’t about doing more. It’s about building structures that can hold variability and slow our lives — the way wood in healthy rivers creates mosaicked, complex landscapes where life rejuvenates and thrives.