With the skill of a highpowered real estate promoter. she changed the communitys name. organized her neighbors to get improved city services. published a local newspaper to keep the neighborhood informed and to help build community spirit. and coaxed older residents to write out their memories of the neighborhood historyresulting in two published histories that now sell well in local bookstores. Charles Village today is a vibrant. diverse community that maintains a smalltown selfawareness and unity. It has scholars. professional people. emigrants from Appalachia. artists and blue collar workers. whites and blacks. orientals and Indians. students. young married. and oldsters. It still has problems. Schools need improvement. financing for home buying and rehabilitation is hard to come by. factions quarrel about the direction the community must take.
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