Building A Sense of Community

  

May 5th,  Part 1

I've been harping for years about the importance of building a sense of community. Much to the dismay of at least one poster who has suggested it has become annoying that i continue to beat that "dead horse." I get it, for some the idea or suggestion we return or cling to our roots is unappealing. 

In the past couple of days i've been asked to help be an administrator on Facebook Sun City Chat Arizona. I was invited to do so more than a year ago and elected to decline the offer. I was convinced it would entail more time than i wanted to spend. Plus, as i was posting historical photos daily, i kept coming across comments i struggled with. Not that people aren't entitled to their opinions, my immediate reaction was to simply reply back as harshly, or perhaps even more caustic.

The solution was one the administrator suggested. Blocking people who were spoiling for a fight made more sense than engaging with them. I have nothing but respect for Garland Shreves as he has done an amazing job growing the site and keeping the craziness levels to a minimum. To be blunt, i was in awe of how hard he worked to make the site as popular as it was/is.

 

What's Right With Sun City Parts 11 - 15 (end)

By Bill Pearson

Originally posted on Talk of Sun City (Posted as written)

 4.27 Part 11

Let me shock everyone with this next piece on what i love about Sun City. Golf. Yup, i said it and i stand by it. I used to play, i don't anymore, but there's no question, Sun City was built as a golfing community and it will always be a golfing community. For anyone interested in our history and Del Webb, you know the man loved the game. What is so odd is, he took it up late in life. He was in his mid 30's. Most know he was a great athlete, aspiring to become a professional baseball player.

 

What's Right with Sun City, Parts 6 - 10

 By Bill Pearson

Originally posted on Talk of Sun City (Posted as written)

 4.21 Part 6

Over the years i have taken hundreds of visitors through the Museum. Whenever i start to tell the John Meeker salvation story, the question invariably becomes, "what did he do?" The challenge is, there isn't one thing. It was a paradigm shift in thinking that started with that policy of non-involvement. We read above how the members took ownership of the governance aspect, the reality was, much of the rest of it, needed a financial boost to get things moving.

What's Right With Sun City?

If you know Bill Pearson, you know he loves to write.  For 15 years or more, Bill has been pecking out prolific missives about his favorite topic - Sun City.  It seems like you either love him or dislike him; but whichever, you've got to admit he knows his history.  I find it fascinating to read his "stories" about the past, and I long to see Sun City go "a little bit backwards" to capture that commitment, resolve, and sense of community. If you share my feelings, you will enjoy this. 

We will be sharing a 15 part series that Bill recently posted on Talk of Sun City. 

Here are the first 5. (Copied exactly as written.)

Jean Totten, Advisory Panel