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<br />. B. COMMUNITY BUILDING <br /> GOAL <br /> Enable individuals to work with resource providers in crafting solutions to community <br /> problems and challenges. <br /> RECOMMENDATION <br /> E nahle members of communities and neighborhoods to be active players in <br /> building a sense of community and devising solutions to community problems <br /> and challenges. <br /> ROLE OF STATE GOVERNMENT <br /> * Provide resources to develop and disseminate descriptions of model community assets and <br /> models of successful community-building processes. <br /> ROLE OF REGIONAL AGENCIES - COUNTIES, METROPOLITAN COUNCIL <br />. * Identify and promote model community assets and community-building processes found <br /> in the healthy communities. <br /> * Provide forums for exploring community-building processes and the exchange of ideas. <br /> * Promote the use of regional and local planning tools to facilitate the <br /> community-building process. <br /> * Highlight urban design practices which strengthen a sense of community. <br /> * Allow community processes which enable communities to employ individual solutions <br /> and develop community-building processes which meet their needs. <br /> * Reduce the maze of bureaucracy which impedes the effectiveness of local community <br /> revitalization programs that focus on community development. <br /> ROLE OF CITIES/COMMUNITIES <br /> * Identify community assets through a citizen participation process. <br />. [Ii] Urban Strategies Task Force Report 9 <br />