In response to social and economic decline in the downtown area of Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, over thirty diverse community organizations collaborate to deliver services out of the Neighbourhood Resource Centre (NRC). This study seeks to uncover how the objectives of the NRC are being interpreted and enacted by community organizations, and how the organizations navigate diverse desired outcomes to create a logic model. Through participatory action research, the study sought to answer the research questions through field observation, semi-structured interviews, and focus groups. An analysis of the data yields that, through collaboration and engagement the NRC has strengthened the neighbourhood while promoting belonging, as well as, the NRC enacts continuous evaluation, which allows participants to overcome barriers and get on the same page. This study belongs to a growing body of literature that seeks to understand how logic models are developed across diverse collaborations and will contribute to future research on collaborative planning and evaluation
