The response we had to this call for proposals demonstrated that there clearly was a need within the communities. There was a lot of interest; the response rate was high. I could provide some specific statistics to the committee clerk if you're interested.
What was interesting was that early on we were dealing with stakeholders who had already identified some common challenges, such as isolation and lack of transportation. There are a number of common issues that these communities are struggling with, and by providing them with a forum where they can share their challenges, share the recipes they are testing to try to address these challenges, we're hoping this builds into something that is sustainable.
What we did as part of this call for proposals is we required that community action plans be developed and be implemented/tested. Those community action plans create distinct recipes that may work in different environments. We'll know after they've been tested.