In August 2007, several community leaders came together to discuss creating a more cohesive athletic community in Essex Junction.  Specifically, we examined how to better align our expectations of parents, coaches, and players, and the training opportunities available to coaches.  In October 2007, we hosted four Positive Coaching Alliance workshops in Essex Junction for community coaches, parents, athletes, and organizational leaders.  As a follow-up, we held our first meeting of Essex youth sports organizations in November 2007 and held seven meetings from November to June 2008.  In that time we developed a wide range of supporting organizations, developed a mission and guiding principles documents, and created a list of goals and priorities.  During the 2008-2009 school year, we had 13 community organizations formally sign-on as partners.  We created a common list of expectations for member coaches, parents, and players, that will be used within each partner organization.  We recognized the first annual Coach of the Year, and held a successful parent and coaching workshop, featuring nationally acclaimed presenter Bruce Brown.  We created a logo, designed a brochure, and launched the pysaessex.org website.