Social capital is the "capacity of groups of people to act collectively to solve problems" (Coleman 1990). Fargo already has obvious social capital as evidenced by the flood fight. This social capital can be further built by engaging folks in this planning process. What might be a good idea is to get schools both k-12 and the universities to respond to the early products of the GO2030 plan. This will expose the future citizens to the problems that are coming but also could give them training on how to act collectively and practice on how to think critically about future problems.
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