Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Community Building
Awhile back I sent out an email about building community. I think that its important to realize that blogs, support groups, etc. are truly networks - not communities. Community also implies geography and not just interest. In a community your whole being belongs, not just an interest or part of you.
So here's the email I sent, I'll be updating it every couple of months....
"Dear Relations:
I often talk about building community. But one thing
we often ignore is the relation that physical
closeness has to do with community. If you're driving
across town to visit friends and relatives it may be
more of a network than a "community." For those of us
that still do, or remember, walking to the friend's,
grandmother's or uncle's house, you know it is much
different than driving across town.
With that in mind, I'm going to occaisionally drive my
neighborhood - which isn't quite a community yet - and
let people know about houses for sale. Hopefully one
day my neighborhood will be more of a community. I'll
post more about what I think community is on my blog
in the future, for now here's some house info. I don't
know prices but I took down addresses and phone #s.
These are all "SE" and between Louisiana and San Pedro
south of Zuni in Albuquerque. (There are always
apartments for rent, but I haven't gotten to that
yet.)
430 Indiana 293-3700
524 A & B Kentucky 343-9157
532 Kentucky 271-5800
705 Florida 228-8287
536 Dakota 681-8950
616 Dakota 980-2122
700 Dakota 269-5133
724 Dakota 269-3880
737 California 821-1309
725 California 440-8572
501 California 296-6105
"Won't You Be My Neighbor?"
Me
So here's the email I sent, I'll be updating it every couple of months....
"Dear Relations:
I often talk about building community. But one thing
we often ignore is the relation that physical
closeness has to do with community. If you're driving
across town to visit friends and relatives it may be
more of a network than a "community." For those of us
that still do, or remember, walking to the friend's,
grandmother's or uncle's house, you know it is much
different than driving across town.
With that in mind, I'm going to occaisionally drive my
neighborhood - which isn't quite a community yet - and
let people know about houses for sale. Hopefully one
day my neighborhood will be more of a community. I'll
post more about what I think community is on my blog
in the future, for now here's some house info. I don't
know prices but I took down addresses and phone #s.
These are all "SE" and between Louisiana and San Pedro
south of Zuni in Albuquerque. (There are always
apartments for rent, but I haven't gotten to that
yet.)
430 Indiana 293-3700
524 A & B Kentucky 343-9157
532 Kentucky 271-5800
705 Florida 228-8287
536 Dakota 681-8950
616 Dakota 980-2122
700 Dakota 269-5133
724 Dakota 269-3880
737 California 821-1309
725 California 440-8572
501 California 296-6105
"Won't You Be My Neighbor?"
Me
