title: Moving from community coalitions to regional collaboration.
abstract: The author discusses a coalition between two East Texas cities which are forging a lasting relationship grounded in a common goal of community development, stimulated by funding from the Pew Foundation. The strategies--open-space technology, community navigators, leadership training and issues forums--used to build regional networks are discussed.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Day
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D006801:Humans; D012041:Regional Medical Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013781:Texas; D014504:Urban Health