I'm in syracuse, ny. Over the last year, I've lightly worked on several things to raise crypto awareness in my area. Small responses, but some. I've not taken any efforts collecting people around Steemit locally. I like that you've searched people out and are trying to take next steps community-wise. Tag me for sure, if there is nothing going on in my area, I'm not opposed to taking responsibility to get something going - your manifesto will be a good tool to share and leverage :)