ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain

ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, will collaborate with a network of community organizations to develop and launch an online platform that provides shared services for creating a new culture of clean water. Past efforts to help clean up the Lake Champlain Basin have been fragmented and unsuccessful. This new effort will enable network participants to establish a shared measurement of success, host a dashboard of community level indicators, and share stories articulating the values of clean water. The project's process and results will provide guidance for institutions that are exploring the value of engaging a network of partners addressing a shared social, cultural or environmental community challenge. With ECHO as the backbone organization, this project will serve as a model that demonstrates how to strengthen museums and libraries as essential partners in addressing the needs of their communities.