This Year II Review and Lessons Learned, Interim Report documents the process, activities and lessons learned of the second year of the Community Collaboration Project (CCP) and covers the time period of April 2000 to February 2001. The project is a collaborative arrangement between the communities involved, Rural Development Institute (RDI) and the Federal and Provincial agencies that provide services to those communities. Agency partners of the project are Health Canada, Environment Canada, Rural Secretariat (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada), Manitoba Intergovernmental Affairs and Community Futures Partners of Manitoba. The Community Collaboration Project is overseen by a management committee comprised of representatives from these various Provincial and Federal government agencies.