Building a model that we can work through to get there is critical to doing that. That s why I think the neighborhood revitalization model is so crucial. We ve got more raw material and more talent and more resources in this community that there should be absolutely no reason that we cannot do this. It s not been a lack of desire on our part. It s been a lack of willingness to try new models out and in coming together and addressing these problems.
Leadership is a big issue.
Tallahassee does not have a leader. We ve got 100, and that s both good and bad. A part of what we re experimenting with on this neighborhood rebuilding initiative is in fact build a structure in which multiple religious groups can work together to accomplish this. We re going one at a time to talk to churches and to bring them in. We will have a predominantly white church partner with a predominantly black church.