Every Wednesday night, approximately 35 children and young adults from the surrounding schools and neighborhoods gather with the staff and volunteers of the MLK Mentoring and Boxing Program to train in the sport. But talk to any member of the staff, and you’ll hear that there is much more to the program than athletics.

A lot of folks will toss about the word "collaboration," but few really ever get beyond the beta stage. Lifestyle Editor Tommy Allen returns to WinterWest a year later to discover how getting back to our communities' roots might hold important keys for others.