Citizens form groups around localized neighborhood concerns and opportunities- including parks and streams-or connect to larger issues

• Citizens form groups around localized neighborhood concerns and opportunities- including parks and streams-or connect to larger issues

• Leadership and synergy usually emerges around problems and solutions

• Volunteers organize themselves to take action ie: clean ups, contacting local officials, often beginning to form a group that may (or may not ) develop beyond immediate issue

• Dynamics emerge as to priorities and action strategies 1) Complainers 2) Doers

• Government can be resistant so groups need to

• show they add value