Meant to enhance the structure of community assets, community improvements can take a different turn when presented. Challenges are created as not all parties see projects as improvements to the community, but as a loss of structure to environment, beauty and potential opportunities that are important to them. Using social capital, building trust and creating teambuilding can help lessen the impact or destruction of the cohesiveness found within a community. As Estates outlines, social cohesion and economic success can be facilitated by successful collaboration and communication channels “through which information about the trustworthiness of other individuals and groups can flow” (Estates, n.d.). Positive interactions are the building blocks
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Members of the area, such as Phyllis Pomrening, are concerned about the amount of water drawn from the area river to be utilized in the snow making machines as well as the change in the land. “We’ve had lots of the most beautiful trees, the maples are all gone, most of them, of course they’ve got all those runs up there and it’s just kind of sad to see that” (Dohr, 2014). Bob Lochen, who lives near Rib Mountain, also is concerned. “When we bought this place, we had a nice view of the mountain. It was beautiful in the fall and in the spring and the beauty is gone” (Davies, 2015). With all the concerns voiced by the citizens, Skinner and developers have taken the plan back for …show more content…
It takes a community together to move forward. Listening to each possibility openly and honestly is challenging. Allow yourself to walk in each other’s shoes. In Pope Francis address to Congress he stated, “We must resolve now to live as nobly and justly as possible, as we educate new generations not to turn their backs on our “neighbors” and everything around us. Building a nation calls us to recognize that we must constantly relate to others, rejecting a mindset of hostility in order to adopt one of reciprocal subsidiarity, in a constant effort to do our best (Francis, 2015).” Likewise, as Pope Francis encourages congress to build that nation, I challenge these groups to come together to create that
Members of the area, such as Phyllis Pomrening, are concerned about the amount of water drawn from the area river to be utilized in the snow making machines as well as the change in the land. “We’ve had lots of the most beautiful trees, the maples are all gone, most of them, of course they’ve got all those runs up there and it’s just kind of sad to see that” (Dohr, 2014). Bob Lochen, who lives near Rib Mountain, also is concerned. “When we bought this place, we had a nice view of the mountain. It was beautiful in the fall and in the spring and the beauty is gone” (Davies, 2015). With all the concerns voiced by the citizens, Skinner and developers have taken the plan back for …show more content…
It takes a community together to move forward. Listening to each possibility openly and honestly is challenging. Allow yourself to walk in each other’s shoes. In Pope Francis address to Congress he stated, “We must resolve now to live as nobly and justly as possible, as we educate new generations not to turn their backs on our “neighbors” and everything around us. Building a nation calls us to recognize that we must constantly relate to others, rejecting a mindset of hostility in order to adopt one of reciprocal subsidiarity, in a constant effort to do our best (Francis, 2015).” Likewise, as Pope Francis encourages congress to build that nation, I challenge these groups to come together to create that