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While the White House's Higginbottom says she is encouraged by the interest shown so far by neighborhoods, she says she also sees two potential pitfalls for some aspiring projects: First, whether interested groups from a given area can collaborate as a team; and second, whether they can come up with the data and evaluation methods needed to measure results.

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Despite these challenges, the deputy director spoke optimistically about her experience at a Nov. 2009 conference held by HCZ and PolicyLink, with attendees from communities across the country who came to learn more about Geoff Canada's model.

"There was a huge demand to come, which was really encouraging and kind of amazing," she says. "There has to be this new kind of collaborative approach," she says. "And that's hard work."

- Rachel Dodakian