There is a lot of activity within communities across Canada in which community leaders are working together to establish common goals. Word of mouth is currently the only coordinating system.
Communities working together vary in size, composition and context.
The majority are geographic in nature, but others are best described as communities of interest and can be virtual, on demand, or, more lasting but widely dispersed. Many communities are earnestly trying to work toward the goals of prosperity, jobs and quality of life and are doing so with advanced technology. Others are doing so with little or no technology. No one has measured the rate of return on the investment in technology, nor other efforts for that matter. No one knows to date.