The Future is in Your Hands

by Ryan Kellermeyer

A handshake often determines our first impression of someone. Are they confident, passive, weak, strong, kind, or rude? Often you can tell simply by how they use their hands. Looking around, we can see how our neighbors are using their hands. On one corner, people are planting seeds in a new community garden. On another, money and drugs are being exchanged.

A group of neighbors have used their hands, hearts, and minds to put together this newsletter. We call ourselves the Hunting Park Civic Association and we've begun meeting on the second Tuesday of each month at Spirit and Truth Fellowship Church on the corner of 6th and Cayuga. We want to celebrate what's good in Hunting Park and work together to fix what is broken. This newsletter will be published monthly throughout 2008 and it will tell the stories of what we find in Hunting Park.

The Hunting Park Civic Association is a group of neighbors coming together to make our community more beautiful, clean, friendly, safe, and healthy. We have a long way to go and there is a lot of work to be done. You are invited to roll up your sleeves with us. Just like fingerprints, no two people have the same exact skills. You are unique and your contribution is important. The future of Hunting Park is in your hands. Our next meeting is May 13th at 6:30pm. We hope you will join us.