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Local History

Neighborhood memories, oral history, and place-based knowledge.

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Lived experience

A neighborhood becomes a community when people notice each other.

Answers the question: "What makes a community strong?"

Retired mail carrier

Lived experience

Listening means leaving enough room for the truth to arrive in its own shape.

Answers the question: "How do people open up?"

Barber