Preaching neighborhood pride; Coon Rapids' neighborhood coordinator is encouraging residents and City Hall to work together to keep the city vibrant.(NEWS) From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: July 16, 2008| Author: Baca, Maria Elena | COPYRIGHT 2008 Star Tribune Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: MARIA ELENA BACA; STAFF WRITER

There's a new campaign underway in Coon Rapids to enhance community cohesion, interaction and pride. Kristin DeGrande is the public face of that campaign. As the city's newly hired neighborhood coordinator, DeGrande works to connect residents to one another and to their city, while preserving the city's neighborhoods. How she'll accomplish that, though, isn't set in stone.

"It's not more specific because every neighborho...