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Burin Peninsula Takes Partnership Lead

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By Lisa Browne

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This week, there will be a pretty impressive meeting happening on the Burin Peninsula.  A Burin Peninsula Joint Council will be formed consisting of all towns on the peninsula.  For the past two years, a number of organizations have been working to put this together. It's pretty impressive. The Burin Peninsula consists of very diverse and dispersed communities. And they're like a family - they fight with each other but they know when to make up.

In many cases, partnerships are formed because they must be (such as a funding requirement).  In other cases, partnerships are formed because the partners recognize they can be stronger together. But that strength only comes with a lot of work and commitment. True collaboration is difficult and egos can often get in the way. It will be interesting to watch this Joint Council take shape.

I've noticed a lot more partnerships with some towns in the Clarenville area.  The towns of Arnold's Cove, Southern Harbour, Come-By-Chance and Sunnyside seem to be collaborating a lot more and I'm betting that will pay off for them. When the latest Census information reveals that the large majority of rural NL communities continue to show sharp declines in population, there isn't a lot of choice but to band together.
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  1. GEOFF ADAMSFebruary 29, 2012 at 12:47 AM

    Maybe we should start looking at the county system to see how things work

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