What makes a healthy, long-lasting community? Activity, for one thing. We’ve studied successful examples from all over the world, and they all have certain things in common — vibrant gathering places like parks, plazas, amphitheaters, trails, sports fields, community gardens, friendly neighborhood stores, coffee shops, fresh food markets . . . places designed to get people out and about, using their legs, enjoying the outdoors, bumping into one another, congregating at seasonal events, concerts and art festivals, participating in the small daily rituals of community . . .  and thus adding to the thread count of The Canyons’ rich and colorful social fabric.