Newsletter The following excerpts are from the Foundation's quarterly newsletter, Connections . For a copy of this newsletter, fill out this form . While Charlotte region residents are more open-handed with our money and time than the rest of the country, we are not nearly as generous with our trust of people different from us, according to a recent survey.
Social capital is the formal and informal connections that link people in a community.
Communities that are high in social capital generally have better schools, stronger economic development, lower crime and more physically healthy citizens. To learn more about the highlights of the Charlotte region's survey results, gathered from 1,500 respondents in 14 counties, click here to receive the latest issue of Connections . You step on the scale. To find out what those two parts are, and how the Foundation is using evaluation, click here to receive the latest issue of Connections . James Richardson is both a former N.C. State Representative and a former Mecklenburg County Commissioner.