How to Build Assets on Halloween!

Happy Halloween, Asset Champions!!!

Halloween is darn near my favorite autumnal celebration. Why? Because where I grew up the evening of October 31st was always greeted by hordes of goblins, ghosts, princesses, and other delightfully costumed children running up and down the streets and alleys toting pillowcases laden with calorie-packed nuggets of chocolate and every other imaginable solid manifestation of sugar! How wonderful, right?

I admit that the piles and piles of empty-calories lugged home by young people of all ages on Halloween flies in the face of any and all reasonable lessons about nutrition and exercise, but I still love Halloween. In addition to filling the coffers of candy companies, Halloween offers a rare and socially acceptable alibi for going door to door and talking to one's neighbors.

Thus, Halloween is the perfect excuse to reconnect with one's neighborhood. I hesitate to suggest that we need an "excuse" to reconnect with our neighbors, but I do know (from my experience as a new resident in Moorhead) that it can be a bit intimidating to go knock on those doors. So, tonight, let's meet our neighbors and build our community by participating in one of my favorite pastimes of childhood: trick-or-treating!!!

Whether you're at the beck-and-call of the doorbell or out pounding the pavement with your kids (or your brother's kids, sister's kids, neighbor's kids, co-worker's kids, etc.) use this Halloween as an opportunity to meet your neighbors and build assets!

Jane Jacobs wrote that "eyes on the street" are a large part of what keeps neighborhood streets safe - so get out there tonight (or any other night!) and walk your local sidewalks, keep your "eyes" on the street and know that by doing so you are contirbuting to the safety of our community!

More information:
Jane Jacobs bio

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Have a Happy and Safe Halloween!