What would your ideal community look like? Would it have healthy people? Vibrant business districts full of restaurants and stores? What about libraries and parks? Would it have an engaged citizenry?
With its fireworks and floats, early July brings to mind community and a celebration of our independence. Small towns and big cities burst with patriotic pride. We’re reminded of the American dream—the idea that a group of people could create an independent democratic society, that we could start with nothing and through sheer hard work build something great.
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What would your ideal community look like? Would it have healthy people? Vibrant business districts full of restaurants and stores? What about libraries and parks? Would it have an engaged citizenry?
With its fireworks and floats, early July brings to mind community and a celebration of our independence. Small towns and big cities burst with patriotic pride. We’re reminded of the American dream—the idea that a group of people could create an independent democratic society, that we could start with nothing and through sheer hard work build something great.