Knight Foundation in Gary

As media leaders, Knight Foundation's founders Jack and Jim Knight sought to bring communities together through information. In their publications, they delivered the news that helped people determine their "own true interests," as Jack used to say.

Today, Knight Foundation is also focused on that ideal. Working with community innovators, Knight Foundation fosters informed and engaged communities. The foundation believes residents should have the information they need to make decisions about their lives and community. Knight strives for those residents to be highly engaged in the issues and opportunities that matter most to them and their neighbors.

Towards its goal of informed, engaged communities, Knight Foundation seeks out projects with the potential for transformational change.

Knight Foundation recently announced a partnership with community foundations in the cities and towns where the Knight brothers owned newspapers. We will update this page in coming weeks with further information. Please come back soon or sign up for email updates.

In the meantime, if you have an immediate question, please contact the Communities Program via an email to cfi@knightfoundation.org.

Gary

The 2009 Soul of the Community Survey explores the link between residents' emotional ties to where they live and the community's economic growth. Three main factors emotionally attach residents to the area: social offerings (fun places to gather), openness (how welcoming a place is) and aesthetics (an area’s physical beauty and green spaces). In Gary, while aesthetics, particularly the parks, playgrounds and trails, are seen as community strengths, openness and social offerings need improvement to encourage resident attachment to the area, the study found.

See survey details for Gary at http://www.soulofthecommunity.org/gary .

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