With soaring housing costs, a workforce of long-distance commuters and dramatic downvalley growth, fluctuating demographics necessitate a reexamination of community.
"This region is really one community connected by a very mobile workforce," said David Myler, founder of the West Mountain Regional Housing Coalition.
"A high-functioning regional community can orchestrate the energy, vision, contention, love, care, frustration, joy and sorrow of those who live, work and socialize in close proximity," said Allison Alexander, director of strategic partnerships and communication for the Aspen Community Foundation.
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MVYouth, a newly formed Vineyard philanthropy group with a mission to support Island youth, will pledge $4 million over the next four years to a diverse set of youth causes.