It’s amazing. No matter how many times we put on a Community Powered Revitalization (CPR) event, you never hear the same story twice. Sure, there are common threads. Veterans. Single moms. Survivors. But the details make every homeowner different. That’s the beauty of CPR. There’s a person behind every hammer and every nail. In the…

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Every year, I ask myself the same thing: “how can we tell the story of Community-Powered Revitalization again without re-telling it?” There’s only so many ways to show people painting a house before it all starts to feel familiar. But it’s important to me that everyone understands that CPR is anything but commonplace. In the…

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A yard is never just a yard. It’s more than grass and dirt. For many of us, a yard is a place of escape. The solitary stretch of land that truly belongs to a person. In your yard, you are the undisputed ruler; at peace with the entirety of your kingdom. The rest of the…

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HALTOM CITY — Charlie Sisk had the American Dream. He was born poor and learned a trade that brought him wealth. As a mechanic, he toured the United States setting up, repairing, and monitoring industrial cranes. His work saved companies hundreds of thousands of dollars in accident prevention and training, and he made a tidy…

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It was never about the houses. Community Powered Revitalization (CPR) is much bigger than a fresh coat of paint or prepping an old house for the coming winter. Those are good things — powerful, uplifting things — but they aren’t world-changing. They won’t transform the community. Unless you do them as a community. On October…

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