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Soul of a Community

Page history last edited by Brian G. Dowling 10 months, 4 weeks ago

 

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The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Gallup joined forces and, following an approach similar to PPS, studied cities across the country to determine what attaches people to their communities by launching the Knight Soul of the Community project in 2008.  Three years and close to 43,000 interviews later with people in 26 communities, the study found three main qualities responsible for attaching people to place:

 

  1. Social offerings, such as entertainment venues and places to meet, 
  2. Openness (how welcoming a place is) and 
  3. Area’s aesthetics (its physical beauty and green spaces)

  

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    • The results of the SOTC study identify new approaches to help create transformational change and new possibilities for continued progress in Knight communities. Community leaders can use the study’s findings to maximize community strengths an d address challenge areas to improve community attachment and potentially increase local economic growth. The relationship of community attachment to economic development has particular relevance beyond the recent economic crisis as the study's findings can help leaders include new ideas into the existing economic rebuilding and development conversation.

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