There is no doubt that the height of Barnett activity brought new activity to Fort Worth neighborhood and homeowner associations. Surely those organizations saw unprecedented amounts of activity with their members. I would bet that they had all time high percentages of participation. It’s to bad we didn’t do a better job of bridling that enthusiasm.
Over the years we have certainly lost great amounts of community interaction, and the urban leasing presented a great time to re-engage. To borrow from Putnam, we are increasingly bowling alone, that is to say that we are losing essential social capital locally.
The time is always right to initiate greater localized interaction. I notice that the Meadowbrook area has a local site called Meadowbrook Today. This idea could easily be replicated in every area of town. Start an ultra local news outlet. Provide some good content, monitor local resources, and interview local business. The web is always good, or you could email out a weekly edition. Ask your neighbors for their addresses, write things that are worth talking about, and your emailing list will grow in no time.
It’s not about profit, but I bet you could pick up enough advertising to justify your time. I am even willing to volunteer my time to help out with a site/mailing list solutions.
Just make sure to spell check. I know I forget sometimes.
March 31st, 2009 at
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