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REPORT ON LOCAL COALITIONS Indicated below are the cities from which The Urban Coalition has received either from the mayor or other community leadership expressions of interest in forming local counterpart coalitions. We are now in the process of exploring the reality of that interest in these cities and the possibili t y of Coalition assistance in response to requests for organizing and programming help. Phoenix, Ari zona Saginaw, Michigan Little Rock, Arkansas St. Paul, Minnesota Compton, California Kansas City , Missouri Oakland, Cali f ornia St . Louis, Missouri Pasadena, California University City , Missouri Richmond, California Omaha, Nebraska Riverside, California Las Vegas, Nevada San Berna dina, Californ ia Atlantic City, New J ersey San Di e go, Ca lifornia Paterson, New J er sey San Francisco, California Buffalo, New York Denver , Colorado Syracuse, New York Ha rtford , Connec t icut Cha rlot te , North Carolina New Hav en, Connec ticut Fargo, North Dako t a Wilmington, Delaware Akron, Ohio Savannah , Georg ia Cincinnati, Oh io Honolulu , Hawaii Col umbus, Ohio Chi cago, I ll inois Port l and , Oregon Des Moines, Iowa Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Kansa s Ci t y , Kans a s Prov idence , Rhode Is l and Topeka, Kansas Chat tanooga, Tenn. Lexington, Kentucky Nashvi lle, Tenn. Louisville, Kentucky Seattle, Washsng ton Baltimore, Maryland Tacoma, Washington Boston, Massachusetts Beloit, Wisconsin Jackson, Michigan Madison, Wisconsin This list does no t include cities where we a r e informed local count erpar t organi za tions are either already formed or nearing formation. Those cities are as follows: �- 2 - Atlanta, Georgia Minneapolis, Minnesota Detroit, Michigan New York, New York A full report on these efforts will be made at the Steering Committee meeting on October 9th. �