Developing Community

An interesting post today by Birmingham Is Open, a collaboration of Birmingham, Alabama businesses and community development organizations.  The post is a link to the John & James L. Knight Foundation's Soul of a Community, which identifies the importance of attachment to one's community in regards to community development.  The foundation was surprised to find that despite the location, a homogeneous group of qualities attach individuals to their community: acceptance of diversity, social outlets and aesthetics.  I am curious to see how Birmingham will implement such knowledge in its effort to develop the city.