ment in reinventing government with a collaborative model. SRDCs
were created as part of a Bush administration six-point Rural Devel-
opment Initiative. Proof of their effectiveness as a nonpartisan vehi-
cle for sharing information and catalyzing collaboration is the reten-
tion of the SRDC network under the Clinton administration National
Rural Development Partnership. There are currently thirty-nine
state rural development councils working with a National Part-
Figure 1. Planning Models
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, p. 7
192