How to Build Community – New York City, New York

Isaac Kremer/ July 25, 2005/ Field Notes, Physical, public art/ 0 comments

  1. Turn off your TV
  2. Leave your house
  3. Know your neighbors
  4. Look up when you are walking
  5. Greet people
  6. Sit on your stoop
  7. Plant flowers
  8. Use your library
  9. Play together
  10. Buy from local merchants
  11. Share what you have
  12. Help a lost dog
  13. Take children to the park
  14. Garden together
  15. Support neighborhood schools
  16. Fix it even if you didn’t break it
  17. Have pot lucks
  18. Honor elders
  19. Pick up litter
  20. Read stories aloud
  21. Dance in the street
  22. Talk to the mail carrier
  23. Listen to the birds
  24. Put up a swing
  25. Help carry something heavy
  26. Barter for your…

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IsaacKremer.com is the personal website of Isaac Kremer, MSARP, a nationally recognized leader in the Main Street Approach to commercial district revitalization with over 25 years of experience. Kremer, New Jersey's first certified Main Street America Revitalization Professional (MSARP), has served as founding executive director for organizations like Experience Princeton and the Metuchen Downtown Alliance, which won a Great American Main Street Award under his leadership. He recently became director of the Royal Oak Downtown Development Authority in Michigan.

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