The Knight Arts Challenge St. Paul is a community-wide contest funding projects that engage and enrich the community through the arts. When will the application open? The St. Paul challenge will open on April 4 , 2016. What’s the deadline for submitting an application? 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday May 2, 2016. How does the […]

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The Knight Arts Challenge is a community-wide open call for projects that bring South Florida together through the arts. In 2015, Knight Foundation decided to extend the Knight Arts Challenge through 2018. The challenge represents one part of the $122 million Knight Foundation has invested in the local cultural community since 2005, which includes funding […]

Photo courtesy Miami Light Project. Congratulations to the 44 winning ideas in the Knight Arts Challenge Miami, announced Nov. 28, 2016! You’re here because, like us, you believe the arts are the highest form of human expression. They describe beauty, speak to our soul, engage and enrage. They celebrate our community’s diversity and etch our shared […]

The Soul of the Community study, a project of Gallup and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, explored how residents feel about their communities. The three-year study in 26 communities focused on the emotional side of the connection between residents and their communities, examining factors correlated with loyalty to and passionate feelings about […]

An Explanation of Community Attachment – Soul of the Community Project Over three years, Gallup and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation set out to explore several key questions: What makes a community a desirable place to live? What draws people to stake their future in it? The answers are important, especially in […]

How Much Do You Love Where you Live? (2008-11-24) MIAMI — A new Gallup study explores the link between economic growth and residents’ loyalty to and passion towards where they live. According to the “Soul of the Community” study, the qualities that make people love where they live include social offerings (such as entertainment venues […]

What is the Soul of the Community (SOTC) study? Knight Soul of the Community is a three-year study that explores what community qualities influence residents’ loyalty and passion for where they live and how those feelings may relate to indicators of community well-being such as local economic growth, though more research is needed to determine […]

The information in our study covers the West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida, Metropolitan Division. In each community, the Knight Soul of the Community study identified factors that emotionally attach residents to where they live. Some of these community characteristics that drive attachment were rated highly by residents, and are therefore community strengths while others […]