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    Al and I recently had the opportunity to take a tour of a century old elementary school in Pontiac, Michigan that was being renovated into a Community Center. Interested in exploring architecture as a possible career, our sixteen-year-old grandson, Nate, came with us. The leader of the tour was Coleman Yoakum, founder and director of Micah 6 Community in Pontiac. We met up with Coleman in the parking lot of Webster Elementary School, filled with building materials. Behind the parking lot, a large greenhouse, two hoop houses, a compost pile and outdoor garden beds occupied a large section of the former playground. Across the street from the playground, was a house Coleman purchased about ten years ago. He and some college buddies had a passion to move into a needy neighborhood, and to do whatever they could to help their neighbors. That was the beginning of the Micah 6 Community, based on the Old Testament scripture from the prophet Micah : “ And what does the Lord ...