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The true test in any community is not how good a leader it has, how many companies set up shop, how well traffic flows or how safe grandma feels outside after dark. While all those things are of great import, the true test of a community – the measure of what makes it a community – is how much it’s people care for one another and how they come together in times of need.
One year ago, two friends of the creative movement, creatives themselves, were assaulted and shot in the wee hours of the morning as they unloaded musical equipment after their band’s first gig. One of them, Jason Statts, is still fighting to normalize a life altered, having suffered a serious spinal cord injury from the gunshot.
Before the incident, Jason worked as a talented musician and great visual artist. He is a part of our creative economy and through his talents and interests – as well as his generosity, character and coolness as a person – has enriched this community. There is no better evidence of that than the outpouring of support from friends, neighbor, colleagues and even strangers in the wake of the attack.
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