Community Voice: City pays $80,000 for job I tried to do for free | The News-Sentinel - Fort Wayne IN
I love the spirit of Sean in this article. He probably should have asked before doing it, but I also realize that someone would have probably told him no.
What I take from this article is a question of, “how do we convince a spirit in the city government that leads to an environment of encouragement and openness for citizen initiatives like this?"
From my work at NeighborLink, if you can create an open environment where people’s desires to do good can be lived out, then they’ll do it. Much like Sean here.
We shouldn’t be afraid of someone who’s identified a problem and who is willing to give their time and money towards the solution. We often worry about whether or not they’ll do a good job, but the reality is that they since they’ve chosen to do something, they’ll naturally want to do it well.
Kudos to Sean for taking initiative towards solving a community issue that impacts everyone that drives under that railroad bridge. Now, we just got to figure out a sustainable/workable process where that’s encouraged.
