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I can't recommend community-organized adult sports highly enough for getting to know a community; volunteerism also helps a great deal in meeting new people. I still live in the town I went to university in; most of my friends have graduated and moved away. I have been pretty reliant on my guy for introducing me to new people, but playing sports with them has really cemented the friendships I have.
Additionally, here it's about getting out into the community that really puts you into contact. You meet people at an event, say, and then you run into them again at Saturday Market or walking around downtown or in the park or at the hippie food co-op or at whatever coffeeshop you frequent (and there are more than a few). I like living in a town small enough that I run into a lot of people I know while I'm out and about but it's also big enough that not everyone knows my business or other people's business. Works well.
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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