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- Building Sustainable Community/University Partnerships in a Metropolitan Setting
  This chapter was written by members of the Five College Community-Based Learning Committee (representing, Smith, Hampshire and Mount Holyoke Colleges) who were also active in the establishment of the Holyoke Planning Network (HPN). HPN involved partners from Holyoke community-based organizations and area colleges in joint efforts to address structural inequities, issues of sustainability and reciprocity, and a range of ethical and logistical challenges in campus-community partnerships. This article details the efforts of HPN that continue today through various coalition and community partnership initiatives in Holyoke.
- Building Partnerships with College Campuses: Community Perspectives This article by Sandra Enos and Keith Morton's contributes a theoretical framework for understanding campus-community partnerships. The authors' articulation of distinctions and relationships between "transactional" and "transformational" partnerships provides insights into the purposes and shape of student, faculty, and institutional projects in partnership with community organizations.

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S'2011 Holyoke Bound workshop	Community Based Learning Reading Room Regional Information Resources Pioneer Valley Planning Commission The Pioneer Valley Planning Commission (PVPC) is the legally designated regional planning agency for the Pioneer Valley region in Western Massachusetts. This Commission aims to serve as a catalyst for regional progress, and many resources such as publications, reports, projects, notices, and upcoming events are available on their website: http://pvpc.org/index.shtml. The PVPC “Regional Reporter” Newsletter for January 2010 can be accessed here El Pueblo Latino (Spanish-language) The Daily Hampshire Gazette Subscription required for accessing some parts of the on-line version. Print is available in most libraries. The Valley Advocate The Springfield Republican -Local newspaper, best spot for Pioneer Valley News, online HomePage Business West: www.businesswest.com The Rainbow Times - LGBT Monthly Campus-Community Partnerships Building Sustainable Community/University Partnerships in a Metropolitan Setting This chapter was written by members of the Five College Community-Based Learning Committee (representing, Smith, Hampshire and Mount Holyoke Colleges) who were also active in the establishment of the Holyoke Planning Network (HPN). HPN involved partners from Holyoke community-based organizations and area colleges in joint efforts to address structural inequities, issues of sustainability and reciprocity, and a range of ethical and logistical challenges in campus-community partnerships. This article details the efforts of HPN that continue today through various coalition and community partnership initiatives in Holyoke. Building Partnerships with College Campuses: Community Perspectives This article by Sandra Enos and Keith Morton's contributes a theoretical framework for understanding campus-community partnerships. The authors' articulation of distinctions and relationships between "transactional" and "transformational" partnerships provides insights into the purposes and shape of student, faculty, and institutional projects in partnership with community organizations.