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I'm a big believer in collaborative process in bringing people together and helping them see the vision and understanding their role and how to work together and contribute to the process the building collaborative communities program is a great way to not only jumpstart a program but fill in a gap solve a problem that's difficult to solve but I think it enables you as a community as an organization Authority whatever to help move everyone closer to to the revealing point or you know the aha moment that makes it apparent what can be accomplished we used the collaborative communities program and asset program the stronger economies together program originally to set up VGA it was the impetus that made VGA happen and it originally happened with six counties from that we have now grown to 11 communities ten counties and all in the city of Emporia we cover 4400 square miles and this program has been the critical linchpin in making all that happen the Western Virginia Regional industrial fa