# Henrietta Dombrovskaya: Two Years of Community Building!

> **Key takeaway:** Prairie Postgres just turned two! We say “community building” often, maybe not always thinking about what it means, but looking back on the past two years, I can confidently say the most important achievement, the one I’m most proud of, is reshaping the Chicago Postgres Community.

**Published:** 2026-10-16T08:34:25+00:00 
**Source:** Planet PostgreSQL 
**Category:** databases-storage 
**Canonical URL:** https://fosswire.org/news/henrietta-dombrovskaya-two-years-of-community-building.html 

## Summary
Prairie Postgres just turned two! We say “community building” often, maybe not always thinking about what it means, but looking back on the past two years, I can confidently say the most important achievement, the one I’m most proud of, is reshaping the Chicago Postgres Community. Gradually, our gatherings transformed from a group of experienced DBAs plus a dozen newcomers who sat quietly and didn’t ask any questions because they didn’t know where to start, to a gathering of curious developers, data scientists, and yes, both junior and experienced DBAs are here – how could we keep going without them?