Value and respect all people.
Sustainable communities recognize that all people have ideas, energy, skills and talents.
They understand that in order for a community to reach its full potential, individuals must be encouraged and allowed to reach their full potential. Communities that value and respect all people invest resources in people and strive to be fair in everything they do. Cultivate trusting relationships among people, organizations and institutions. When people work together over a period of time, they develop bonds of trust and respect. They learn to depend on one another.