Network Organization Way to Go, Says Kaua'i, Hawaii

A new network-based organization that will serve as a communications hub for the dozens of community groups on Kaua'i. The new organization hopes to have offices and a paid staff by the end of the year. The alliance is an outgrowth of the process of updating the county's general plan for development, and it hopes to provide a way for the island's broad range of interest groups to coordinate activities, avoid duplication, develop goals and work together in other ways.

Flexible network-based organizations are effective in improving interaction, connectivity and creative collaboration among community organizations. Economic development will be just one component of the new organization.

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