Think about it. It's your duty to get to know your neighbor. To do more than just wave when you leave the house in the morning. When neighbors know each other magical stuff starts to happen. Houses are protected, the elderly get visited, kids get watched over, emergencies get handled.
Community is built.
Its participation that provides the army for community building. Its heading a Y-Indian Guide group, coaching soccer, being a band parent, helping out at church, joining Rotary and the Chamber, and doing the hundreds of thousands of hours of volunteer efforts it takes to make this community work. Each of us in this room shows up and plays. But because we are leaders in this town we have the added responsibility to spread the word to our neighbors. Each of us needs to be an evangelist for community.