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-# Gitpod Community Repo 🧡
+# Gitpod Community 🪴
 
-This repo is used for storing various community things.
+Welcome to the Gitpod Community!
 
-Check out [how-tos](./howtos.md)
+Our community is a space to learn about Gitpod CDEs, connect with other developers and build cool projects. We're happy to have you!
 
-🔖 To learn more about the Gitpod Community, feel free to head over to our [community page.](https://www.gitpod.io/community)
+## Active Initiatives
 
-🦩 Feel free to also hang out with us over on [Discord](https://www.gitpod.io/chat)! 🦩
+| Initiative             | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
+| ---------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Community Meet-ups     | We support our community to get together to connect in person and organise gatherings ourselves in major cities around the world. [Read our guidelines.](https://www.notion.so/Hosting-a-Gitpod-Community-meet-up-77bdde81c5b04d80b93e425ebdd568ef) |
+| Community Heroes       | Our Heroes programme is to highlight our superfans, support them with their own journey in the tech space and to empower them to be better Gitpod advocates. [Learn more about the Heroes program.](https:/www.gitpod.io/community/heroes)          |
+| Community Office Hours | Monthly virtual sessions with our community to talk product updates and celebrate what the community has built on top of Gitpod. [Learn more.](https://github.com/gitpod-io/community/tree/main/office-hours)                                       |
+| Community Highlights   | Bi-weekly highlights of what the community has been up to recently from code contributions, content and more! [Check out our highlights.](https://github.com/gitpod-io/community/tree/main/community-highlights)                                    |
+| Gitpod for Open Source | Supporting eligible open source maintainers with 250 hours of Gitpod. If you're a Linux Foundation project, you automatically accepted. [Learn more.](https://www.gitpod.io/discover/opensource)                                                    |
+
+## Contributing to the Gitpod Community
+
+Learn from [Pauline](https://twitter.com/paulienuh) the six ways you can contribute to the Gitpod community.
+
+[![Watch the video](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PNuesKDpzXo/hqdefault.jpg)](https://youtu.be/PNuesKDpzXo)
+
+## Your Gitpod Community team
+
+We're always hanging out in our [Discord server](https://www.gitpod.io/chat) - come say hello!
+
+- [@pawlean](https://github.com/pawlean)
+- [@axonasif](https://github.com/axonasif)
+- [@ghostdevv](https://github.com/ghostdevv)