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title: "CASE STUDY | Investing to Create a Network of Community Change Agents: A Case Study on the Greater Lehigh Valley"
description: This Case Study focuses on a unique partnership by two locally-based funders in the Greater Lehigh Valley region – the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley and the Dorothy Rider Pool Health Care Trust.
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# [CASE STUDY | Investing to Create a Network of Community Change Agents: A Case Study on the Greater Lehigh Valley](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/case-study-greater-lehigh-valley)

 Written by [Sylvia Cheuy](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/author/sylvia-cheuy) | March 7, 2018

This Case Study focuses on combined economic and social developments championed by the Rider Poole Foundation in the Greater Lehigh Valley area. Their vision was to create a diverse network of community change agents by strategically investing in enhancing the knowledge and capacity of a small number of promising leaders from the health, community, arts, municipal and social sectors.

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