Welcome to the new year and with it, hopefully far better health and well-being for all. The International Journal of Community Well-Being is a timely publication for the myriad challenges societies and economies around the world are facing in these difficult times. We invite you to explore the articles and reviews in this and the prior issues. With authors contributing from around the globe, multiple perspectives, approaches and insights are offered to the reader.

In this first issue of the Volume 4, we present a wide range of topics and explorations ranging from resilience to food well-being. Four original research articles offer perspectives on health related quality of life, community resiliency, theoretical foundations and infrastructure considerations. Three perspective articles follow with topics in fitness and well-being, wildlife and community well-being interface, and impacts of developmental aid. Our issue concludes with a book review on food well-being.

We invite you to submit manuscripts or reviews. See the special call for reviews in this issue, just prior to the book review. It is not only review of books that are welcome – policy, program or initiative reviews are sought as well. Take a moment and write a review of a policy, program or initiative with which you are familiar or reach out to our Reviews Editor to sign up for a book review (the book will be provided to you).

Our Special Issues Editor, Meg Holden, has been quite busy as well! There are several special issues forthcoming, including about higher education and well-being, community education, and philanthropy. Look for these soon including one in this Volume of the journal.

Let us hear from you about your ideas on community well-being. Thank you for helping make Volume 3 a success in a trying year of pandemic, and we look forward to moving ahead in 2021 and beyond with community well-being research and practice.

Rhonda Phillips and Youngwha Kee, Co-Editors-in-Chief.