All of the Knight Soul of the Community videos are now available with Spanish subtitles. View the short film explaining resident attachment and the program findings videos for eight of our Knight communities on our new Vimeo album: http://www.vimeo.com/album/1511914. 

By Neal Peirce of Citiwire.net, Nov. 25, 2010:© 2010 Washington Post Writers Group

Could it be? That there’s a smarter way for cities and towns to bolster their local economies and tax bases?

We know the old and familiar way — grant tax subsidies or other special favors to nail down new office or factory prospects. Local tax bases take a hit and all taxpayers end up subsidizing the favored businesses.

 By Jordan Levin of The Miami Herald, Nov. 16, 2010: 

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Residents of Miami-Dade said social activities (especially nightlife), education (at least colleges and universities) and aesthetics were reasons to stay.

For Geane Brito, 40, it's Miami's wealth of beaches and access to the Everglades and other natural riches. Also, the area offers activities for daughter Isadora, 10, and son Magnus, 8, and cultural similarities to Brito's native Brazil that have kept her and husband Daniel Kron happy since leaving New York eight years ago for what Brito dubbed the ``flip-flop republic.''

 From The Los Angeles Times, Nov. 16, 2010: 

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...Gallup states that the cities with the highest levels of resident love and passion for their community, or resident attachment, also had the highest rates of GDP growth over time.

The cities surveyed vary in terms of population size and how urban or rural they are. Gallup randomly surveyed 43,000 adults by phone in cities including Akron, Ohio, Tallahassee, Fla., and Detroit.