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An independent development district with power to act in a particular 
area (like the Massachusetts Port or Turnpike Authority) might 
handle’ a different aspect of the development process. Regional 
planning commissions, municipal. agencies, municipal corporations 
(such as local planning agencies, or municipally created development 
corporations), and, of course, the private developer (who could best 
handle the buildmg and marketing) would all ideally be involved. 
State government has an important role to play in new community 
development: Just what that role should be depends on several 
things: What the potential for new communities in the State might 
be (how many new communities should be built, where, at what size) ; 
what kind of intergovernmental planning framework can be estab- 
lished; what financial resources are available and what moneys can 
be obtained from different sources such as the Federal Government; 
what kinds of instrumentalities presently exist and what kinds can 
be developed in the legal, political, and social context of State govern- 
ment. These and other questions will be considered in the next two 
chapters. 
