Things don't rejuvenate overnight and people don't become engaged and build trust and hope or rediscover trust and hope overnight. It all takes time. As I said earlier, these rhythms can be accelerated, but we can't violate them and be successful in our efforts to rejuvenate ourselves. Unfortunately, we continually keep violating them in this country, whether you're talking about economic development, community development, politics, welfare reform, education reform, or whatever. That's why we call our work growing community strength, not community development.
People make decisions about the kind of community they want.
That is still the best way.