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WICHITA NEIGHBORHOOD GRID

FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF THE FOUR WICHITA NEIGHBORHOODS

	TYPE A: PROFESSIONALIZED	TYPE B: GRAPEVINE	TYPE C: INDIVIDUAL ACESS TO POWER	TYPE D: UNORGANIZED
Neighborhood Example in Wichita	Riverside	Northeast	College Hill	West Side
Quasi-official spaces (Level 2)	Professional, well-organized, strong participation	Fragmented; has weaker connections to official layer	Exist but are not seen as important	Few or none
Third Places (Level 3)	Fewer than in the past; often artificially created	Rich, varied network	Few or none	Often invisible to outsiders
Incidental spaces (Level 4)	Active	Active	Less active	Active
Center of Public Life	Meetings of organizations	Informal public conversations at Levels 3 and 4	Private connections to civic leaders	Not clear given limited research

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