Selecting and hiring people to be Community Connectors can be a difficult task. What type of experience and education should the applicant have?  Does the person need to be out spoken and an extrovert?  How can I find the right person? I recall John McKnight...

I spend a lot of time in neighborhoods. Recently, I came across this very creative use of a traffic island. In the middle of the island, there was a board with a book swap on the top shelf, a variety of announcements and a couple benches for neighbors to spend...