Kent State University’s Center for Public Administration and Public Policy has followed eight collaborative projects for the past two years, conducting extensive interviews and collecting information throughout the collaborative process. Through this and other research, the Center has produced a large body of information on the benefit, costs, and barriers to initiating collaboration, as well as the lessons participating communities have learned.  The above title links to a full overview of the case study documents.

The individual case studies can be accessed through the images below.  For all eight case studies in one document, click here.