Just a few months after the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, the people of Newtown, CT, needed to decide what to do with the old school building. Rich Harwood, the president and founder of the Harwood Institute, was called in to help. Harwood questioned whether he was up to this enormous task, but ultimately accepted the assignment. But the complexity of making that decision was beyond what anyone could have imagined.
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The Harwood Institute - https://theharwoodinstitute.org/
“Enough. Time to Build.” 2024 Civic Campaign – https://theharwoodinstitute.org/build
Richard Harwood’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardcharwood/

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