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work. People around here focus a lot more on what we
have in common than our differences. And the power
of that is that we don’t face, and we haven’t faced,
a lot of those tense issues that other communities
have. We’ve been small enough to be able to address
things on a personal level; to humanize situations; and
to keep people engaged in the city. That’s one of the
things I’m most proud of – how this community has re-
sponded to change, because change isn’t always easy
and we’ve done it pretty well.”
Franke believes that the key to this success has been
the community’s strong value system as expressed
through its citizens’ various religious faiths. “Shared
values is where it begins,” he maintains. “We profess
four values in our city: People and Relationships; High
Ethical Standards and Behavior; Servant Leadership;
and Good Stewardship. We have a beautiful place
to live and we have a very engaged population. That
strength creates a culture and I’m hopeful that we
maintain this culture that we’ve established. We set
out many years ago to be Cedar Hill, and not try to be
somebody else. We get along well, we feed off of each
other, and we promote each other. And that makes for
a pretty cool community.”
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