A view of the govt as a provider of services just reduces it to a set of transactions. It should be much more than that - govt supports the shaping of place alongside communities and business This was our overall report on social infrastructure www.gmcvo.org.uk/publications...

Interesting report - did a good amount of work in this area via the Connection Coalition + Great Winter Get Together and entirely agree. It's about seeing local govt as a enabler to build stronger, connected communities and creating spaces for strong/weak ties