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Building Community, the Seattle Way

August 18, 2010 by

[HTML1] Jim Dier was a community leader well before he has asked to be the first Director of Seattle, Washington’s department of neighborhoods.

Jim has presented his experiences in many parts of the world. In London, Jim Diers, author of Neighbor Power, spoke at a meeting that Kevin Harris co-organized with Ben Lee at Shared Intelligence.

They had gathered a select band of interested and interesting people to hear Jim’s inspiring presentation about citizen action and democratic involvement.

What Jim has helped local people in Seattle to achieve, and what he’s helping others around the world to grasp, is a sustainable and appropriate contribution by local people in the processes and actions that make a difference to their neighborhoods.

Jim’s book, Neighbor Power describes Seattle’s Department of Neighborhoods and its bold experiments in bottom-up neighborhood planning and development.

Each chapter of the book highlights one of seven programs contained within the philosophy for building community, Seattle style.

There are so many things that will inspire you from this interview.

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