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The Return Of The Neighborhood Church

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Karenn Gobrecht
16 April 2005 - 5:00am

A mature and well-conceived new urban community can easily pass the "orange-juice test." But what about the church test?

It can no longer be taken for granted that all residents of a community will see a neighborhood church as a significant good. This can make the issue of planning and financing a church more difficult. Even in cases where logistical issues are worked out, it is not necessarily clear which denomination (if any) will own or operate the church...

Full Story: The return of the neighborhood church
Source: New Urban News, April 11, 2005
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But what can planners do to support the kind of connections between people I just described? One idea is promoting mixed-use places where there are simply more opportunities for people to run into each other and connect.
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