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first published week of: 04/06/2015
Geography can serve as a starting point for building strong, long-lasting relationships with communities.
“Our business is about building friendships and enduring relationships. The culture of our agency is merely a reflection of the work we doe”Larry Norris, CEO of Lewis Communications, Matthew Porter, Lewis Communications: “Putting People First,” Communication Arts, March/April 2015.
Have you ever been walking through your neighborhood and seen a geyser of water shooting up from a broken sprinkler head, or a fallen tree branch lying in the middle of the street, or a tagger’s graffiti scrawled across a bus stop shelter, and wondered how you could notify the right people to come and take care of it? It’s common that people lack the tools to facilitate community engagement. continued…