Best Community Development Quotes

"Creating a sense of hope and opportunity here in Pennsylvania is essential."

Josh Shapiro

"Let's make the city bigger, and remember, generosity with the people always pays back."

"Our people are at full 100% happiness at the moment. We are building an actual utopia."

"In my opinion, the addition of public parks, shopping malls, and sports facilities is essential to the incubation of community and the encouragement of healthy lifestyles."

"Colony Ridge could fundamentally change the political landscape of Texas and even the nation forever."

"Building a society that promotes our well-being is in our best interest."

"Investing $2.5 billion into a specific black community that was torn apart by a highway is a good example of addressing systemic racism."

"We were the number one group of people going to the movies but there were no movie theaters in our community, so I built movie theaters."

"In its most idealistic form, urban renewal would increase the attractiveness of the city, lower unemployment, raise tax revenues, create opportunities for disadvantaged communities, create parks and other needed infrastructure in dense urban areas, and replace outdated, potentially unsafe housing with modern housing that's up to current building codes."

"You need social institutions. You need more companies in these areas because they can offer educational opportunities to kids, internships, deals to go to college and then come back and work."

"The reality is, if you create a blueprint for your people and change your reality, then that means you supposed to give it as much as you can because you ain't doing nothing but building something that you can prop yourself up on."

"We have a lot of job seekers in our community, but where are our entrepreneurs that are going to start businesses in the black communities?"

"Go build something really, really, really big, but then come back to your community and teach them how you did it. It's the only way our community grows."

"Boxing can be the greatest strength of a community to bring people together."

"Teaching critical thinking... can significantly change community outlooks."

"One thing the grouping tends to do is it tends to drive specialization. When you have a group come together, maybe it's just a tribe coming to form a city. At that point, once you get a critical mass, you can have people start to specialize."

"We need more leaders in our community. We need more people who are financially literate."

"Building certain stores will increase the happiness of your settlement."

"Resilient individuals create resilient families, which in turn lead to resilient communities, then resilient towns & cities, then states and whole countries, and eventually a more resilient planet."

"This power project is now completed. This will create a very huge value in the immediate community and, of course, also will create energy into the national grid that will be utilized elsewhere in the country."

"This is one man born in the village, left to the city, made it in life, came back to the village, and decided to transform his own village."

"To qualify as a community, you must have a wholly independent economic structure that can produce jobs, services, goods, products, and resources for your own people."

"The real revolution is the people that are waking up, realizing that careers and livelihoods will be stripped by artificial intelligence, and are taking their power back by creating their own jobs in their own communities."

"I want to become an ethical property developer...improve the community without kicking out the original residents."

"It's a community-driven development, which is pretty good."

"It's very nice, it's like the communities are growing up and they can no longer be manipulated into false narratives."

"They are never gonna fix your community, they're never gonna build your businesses, they're never gonna raise your children. You have to do that yourself."

"Start hiring your own people, build your own communities, and don't worry about getting... white folks' approval to build your own communities and buy from your own people."

"The University of Superior has been a huge boon for Magnolia County. It has attracted thousands of new residents to the area while improving the fortunes of existing residents."

"If you know anything about economics, you know that ownership is the only way to a successful community."

"It's important to us to grow seeds to be spread and sown in other communities."

"The future of education is extraordinary, and it's extraordinarily important because what we need to recognize is that education is the asset our community is built upon."

"If we can't make Wakanda work here in Atlanta, then we will fail in Charlotte, Jacksonville, Tampa, Detroit. The answer is in each individual in this room."

"The more opportunity individuals inside of communities where poverty is high, the less crime actually happens."

"One day, our park's gonna be this cool. I promise, guys."

"Old Trafford should be a stadium that the whole of Greater Manchester can take pride in and be a catalyst for sustainable cohesive growth in an area of the city that has been neglected for too long." - Gary Neville

"Building back the community is definitely key."

"It's exciting to have somewhere that eventually will hopefully be good for the whole community."

"Unlocking milestones: shaping our city as we want it."

"We're actually just bringing the top quality people to become local residents and I believe generationally... we're stronger for it."

"We already know the towns that have started doing this are better."

"Under Mayor Henyard's leadership, we have seen significant improvement in our community infrastructure."

"Local communities can allow for revitalization and an influx of new residents while preserving affordable housing options for the people who have called these neighborhoods home for decades."

"Building the world's best and biggest web 3 community."

"It's time that we start spending on our roads and our bridges and our schools."

"We need so many more black entrepreneurs that can create safe spaces for black people to be hired."

"We have to take this experience and we have to learn and grow from the experience and we have to build back better than before as a society and as a community."

"Yo, shout out to Tyler Perry, he got a whole block in Atlanta with his studios and all that."

"We should be present-thinking people, forward-looking people, and that's how we move forward as a community."

"Our town is starting to shine, I love seeing those buildings get built."

"Wouldn't it be lovely if we had walkable neighborhoods where everything you needed was within easy reach?"

"Let's build a community that's set to grow rapidly with an easily expandable grid and comprehensive city services."

"It's really one of the best years for Skyrim modding ever."

"In the end all will benefit in better homes, better communities."

"If we don't build educational institutions, we have no future in this country."

"Repair would mean that we have the same opportunities in North Tulsa that we have throughout the other spaces in our city."

"Anniversary was a real turning point for the community and for the developers."

"Our mission: we exist to eradicate food deserts, to bring fresh and healthy access to all."

"I have something that can really change things financially for Black people."

"The dollar is power and how we use it will determine if we actually build wealth inside of our communities."

"We're taking the Black Wall Street concept to a whole different level."

"We need to do more to make sure that there are good paying jobs in communities."

"Portland is something that's been building... since about 2015."

"Panda was able to bring in millions of dollars into the community."

"Containers: transforming spaces, transforming communities."

"We all need to go to the places that are best for us with the intention of building a stronger black community."

"Let's take the time and see what lessons can be learned from this so that we can move forward as a community."

"If the community is to make progress, it needs exceptional individuals."

"With Opportunity Zones, we are drawing investment into neglected and underserved communities of America so that all Americans, regardless of zip code, have access to the American Dream."

"We create a lane for folks to get over here, Foundation of black Americans we create that lane."

"Empower yourself, empower your neighbors, go own everything."

"Restoration work has been coupled to the development of a market for local communities."

"You are able to provide jobs to other folk and then be able to help their families."

"Let them build up the community... and then let those people come back and stay."

"That means a kid born into poverty in this city would graduate with almost fifty thousand dollars in an account."

"Skill-based matchmaking is very good for short-term gain but very bad for long-term community growth."

"Alexandria now from this moment forward is open for business."

"We want to create more, we want people to grow and flourish."

"I think communities as a whole I think we very much feel is worth continuing to invest resources into."

"Three years of drama and torment, let me see. And your boy came out on top. It's very nice. It's like the communities are growing up and they can no longer be manipulated into false narratives."

"This chaotic situation could be used to push more green New Deal policies as the solution to any triggering event."

"Not everyone is going to want to live in a mixed-use walkable neighborhood but it's clear that a lot of people do."

"We've now got our first highly educated citizens."

"We're making our way, guys. Making our way to a very, very smart community."

"We need more than a protest, we need a plan for community transformation through a unique kingdom strategy."

"This is something that needs to keep happening, this is a positive good thing for Otter Creek."

"Welcome to Snail Brook, first look at Elon Musk's Texas utopian town."

"These people will probably take that offer because how else do they get a new school a new hospital?"

"Mound Bayou was on its way to becoming one of the most prosperous black communities in the country."

"The number one issue I'm talking about are jobs, economic development. That's how you grow."

"For me, this is a time where I think the more heterodox space has to grow up."

"No system creates more leaders for its people than Islam; that is the Sunnah of the Prophet."

"Strengthening local communities and neighborhoods in this very fragmented world."

"It is so good to see this place coming together."

"The approach you've taken with Sea of Thieves all along is to bring the community and the players of the game with you as you go through this development journey."

"There's no reason why a bunch of cool people can't move to a small town and create what functionally was everything pretty decent about a city."

"Dads are so incredibly crucial to the healthy formation of the individual, families, and community."

"Unity, Unity, Unity, you know the way forward for Ethiopia, the way forward for Africa, the way forward for the world is through Unity."

"We have a lot of work to do, a new world to make, towns, cities, and sites to rebuild."

"I love black people that are building because that's what's gonna make our community strong."

"Wow, this is turning into a really nice space."

"Can we acknowledge the incredible gift that is Pastor Torian, his 'yes,' and all that he's done to make us become better?"

"It's not about gentrifying their neighborhood, it's about giving them opportunities."

"We really gotta do that to make sure our communities are strong."

"Knowledge grid empowers the village citizens with skill and knowledge." - APJ Abdul Kalam

"There's jobs in this community, employers want them here, let's pair up the skills and that's what we're working on right now."

"That's why the development of black business is the most important thing we can do in this generation."

"There's a point where the charity has to stop and you must get to the point of actually empowering people."

"We need more black people hiring, expanding, and investing in our community."

"Revive the town as a tourist hotspot or embark on a culinary adventure in an open-ended RPG."

"Taking control of our own communities, our health, and our nutrition."

"In everything we do, we are focused on empowering the dreams and aspirations of our citizens."

"Through the process of designing and the resulting street space, both the means and ends of creating low-traffic neighborhoods are an exercise in community building."

"Building wealth, civilization, and community, not just sustaining."

"I think the mandalorians have been given this plot of land next to the lava flat and they're very much making a home for themselves."

"Focus on yourself, focus on your family, focus on building your community."

"If people aren't allowed the opportunity to change their lives, their families and the larger community will be affected."

"Naming a town can be a lot of fun, some people can actually find this really challenging. A lot of towns are named after either a local figure hero or it might be linked to the local trade or profession of the town."

"It's about America, it's about the people having the power to govern ourselves, to defend our values, to educate our children, to secure our communities, to flourish in our economy, to grow, and to be all that God has called us to be."

"We need more masculinity in the black community."

"Welcome back to progress land where we make progress."

"Are you ready for your fucking broke-ass communities to be built up with the weed money?"

"Reclaiming this idea of freedom is key... to actually provide us with real opportunities and choices to define the lives that we, our loved ones, and our communities collectively lead."

"We invested in ourselves, we invested in our people, not only in our roads and our highways."

"How can black people best prepare for the next four years?"

"Empowering girls with technology through non-formal education and governmental support can help solve problems in their communities and increase digital literacy amongst girls."

"I think the best feeling was going back to the village where I came from, now the whole country is looking up to me because I'm building a school."

"How do we economically fortify this area uh how do we make sure like we said that the schools are better."

"Rural and tribal communities have every opportunity to benefit from what I expect will be increased infrastructure investment."

"Bodhi thought that there should be more dedicated places for teens to hang out and do things together."

"We will accomplish more as a community in one generation than a thousand government policies will accomplish in 200 years."

"Our goal is really to make financial literacy a core value in the black community."

"Black folks should go independent, build our own communities, and play the game to win."

"Quite a lot has been changing... through education... and creation of communities."

"I hope that people will come away from the Eden conspiracy with a real appetite to discover what's possible for themselves and for their family their Community their Town their City their country."

"The ultimate responsibility for reconstruction of the black community rests with me."

"We knew how to get stuff done and be self-sufficient."

"We're investing in youth centers, we want to see young people given better opportunities."

"What you carry transforms people, communities, and can transform Nations."

"The whole neighborhood does the same thing, then all of a sudden you have a resilient community."

"Finally, we have community pride. If you have the story of Fresh Kills, it's a real happy ending."

"Step by step, strategic approach for every community is essential."

"The Brooklyn Bank is about financial literacy, financial empowerment, and economic empowerment."

"We need to restore healthy black manhood, it has to be a community project."

"Are we going to teach our people how to do business, how to actually understand the entrepreneurial journey?"

"All proper traditional conservatives should be espousing is to create communities that are attractive and healthy."

"We believe in making communities more resilient to disasters."

"Take a pledge towards nurturing strong minds and building a resilient Africa."

"We have big plans for this community, we're not going to be able to realize all of them today."

"The key to community building is the word yes."

"Black Americans can use the empowerment tools of powernomics."

"You can't have a black wall street if you scamming all the goddamn businesses because how they gonna be successful."

"If you start to transfer ownership of the community to the community everyone will prosper."

"What are you doing to create a stronger community?"

"You're trying to make your village look cool so that people want to come to live there."

"We sought to build up that community and increase the visibility so within that time we started this around 2011."

"The appearance of the labyrinth might be the milestone for the town's success."

"It's that as a species we've proven that we can build walkable sustainable and resilient strong towns over a century or a month."

"Our little Wild West Town over here is starting to look pretty legit."

"Let's revive black love, black relationships."

"You are who make you are what makes you unique."

"We're building an entire sustainable community."

"Our goal is to see souls saved, to expand the kingdom, to equip others, not just see souls saved, but see leaders raised out of this ministry."

"It's always great to see really passionate community minds, community leaders, want to take the reins again and drive forward helping to make that community positive and successful for sure."

"We need to invest in our children in jobs and education, not more jails and more incarceration."

"The time has come for us to unite as the people and develop together."

"The minute black folks start coming up with ways to sustain energy, that's the first step to creating a nation."

"We had the greater vision for what could make it more than just that, was to make it about bringing together the community."

"When we embrace that change together as a community, that's when we can truly thrive."

"Our family, tribe, society, and culture grow because of each other. We learn more about who we are because we're in relationships with other people."

"I want my kid to have a lit place they live, but I want them to be able to be a kid."

"Building a society that promotes well-being is in our best interest."

"The secretary of housing and urban development helps to ensure fair lending and develop communities."

"A place that brings out the best for all the world to see."

"We have to unify... differ on policy but... come together to discuss how we can uplift our community."

"We can finally have a train line that runs to the airport, and I think that's pretty good news."

"Community microgrids have the potential to both help us reach long term sustainability goals and build resilience in the face of storms, wildfires, droughts and other calamities that threaten the macro grid."

"Education fosters social progress - set up schools and universities to invest in your city's future."

"Why cannot we just build our own? Why can't we do that?"

"Creating a bustling, vibrant, and exciting place."

"I'm just hoping that people would take heal and understand that they need to build Detroit, not tear it down anymore."

"I'm the man because I'm brilliant, because I have charisma, because I'm building and elevating my community."

"Every neighborhood deserves to have a park within walking distance."

"I've always liked building up communities of people."

"We want to secure a sustainable and profitable fishing industry that will regenerate coastal communities."

"I'm thinking about buying like the whole neighborhood and different neighborhoods, a school where it's like a home school but I pay for everybody."

"Now that we know that answer finally it's like maybe we can move on as a community uh to other things that actually make a bit more sense."

"With enough time, polish, and Community VR can have a massive future."

"This is something that can really help bring the community together, especially in Brooklyn."

"We have a real problem with figuring out how do we collectively advance our people."

"The XRP Community Fund aims to boost the adoption and development of the XRP ecosystem."

"Relevant discussions that can push the culture, the community, and the generation forward."

"You get the open source, you get the community input, you get the community development, and you have a business model."

"Reflect monthly on your progress; stay intentional and mindful on your journey."

"Let's push intelligent black media and let's make our people smart."

"What's going to inject into Newcastle, the city, is going to be phenomenal."

"Learning a skill like gardening can keep people alive and strengthen communities."

"Those are the types of decisions that push the entire community forward."

"You have to offer a positive vision for the community."

"The kind of content we're seeing here is what we'd like to achieve for our community alpha."