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Grand Rapids speaker urges residents to strengthen democracy by building neighborly ties
Summary
At a brief community event, an unidentified speaker urged Grand Rapids residents to build stronger neighborhood ties and take intentional steps to counter social isolation, saying closer community connections are essential to a healthy democracy.
Unidentified Speaker, a speaker at the event, asked, "How do we make Grand Rapids a really great city?" and said the answer depends on making "our democracy work really well" by building stronger community ties.
The speaker told attendees that strengthening local democracy starts with simple neighbor-to-neighbor actions: "how we can build better…
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