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The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash., Kathleen Merryman column: Crime fighters on McKinley Hill get past basics.
Byline: Kathleen Merryman
Jun. 23--Last summer, if you were stopped at the intersection of McKinley Avenue and East 34th Street in Tacoma, your instinct would have been to go, get out of there as fast as you could.
You'd have seen the drug crowd around the apartments, buying, selling, shooting up in plain view.
When drug users don't even bother to duck into doorways to stick needles in their arms, you know the neighborhood's got more trouble than the police alone can fix.
A year later, the fear factor is gone, thanks to residents who mobilized to bust the crime, then moved on to revitalize their historic neighborhood.
Wednesday, City Club of Tacoma honored one of the leaders with the 2007 Dennis Seinfeld Emerging Leader Award.
The City Club members who chose Mathew Lystra, 29, from the dozen impressive nominees know leadership isn't about saving the world by yourself. It's about getting others to join.
Lystra has given that concept a twist: He encourages his neighbors to follow their own strengths, not him.
Two years ago, Mathew and Lindsey Lystra found a century-old craftsman house they could love and afford on McKinley Hill.…
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