Sense of community key to urban revival
According to excerpts from the story:
Over two decades, downtown Holland has revitalized itself, much as places such as Cutlerville, Plainfield, Grandville Avenue, Comstock Park and Standale — see the story above — want to do.
They want to recreate community.
We can bemoan the scourge of suburbanization. But the antidote to suburban anonymity is creating community.
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