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We need to reinvent the organizations that serve as mediators for new collaborative ventures in communities. With government less able to rely on formal mechanisms or old institutions for getting problems solved, many places need help in creating new mechanisms for doing the politics—addressing community issues—and at the same time building cohesive communities.
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