 Today in Staples, the National Joint Powers Alliance held an open house to celebrate the 40 years it's been in service and highlight some of the work they've been able to accomplish in the area. Our AJ Feldman has more. What started as a small organization working with regional schools has grown to a powerhouse that has over 50,000 members. Today the NJPA took a step back to celebrate 40 years of growth, achievement and service. It's a chance to thank the region for all the support they've given us over the years and all the things that are coming into the future. We're celebrating the relationships we have with our schools, our cities and our counties and our five county area. We're just excited about the relationships we have with them, the services we're providing and we wanted to pour everyone together being that it's our 40th anniversary to celebrate those relationships. The NJPA works with local schools and communities to help them achieve goals they couldn't on their own. By providing training, shared services and other resources. We're excited about continuing to partner with our members, listen to where their needs and their challenges are and work with them to come up with some innovative solutions to help cities, counties, school districts and really build on community and student success. Without our local regional members we wouldn't be providing the services we are. They really bring to us the ideas, the innovation and we just help fuel that in a partnership that brings those to fruition. The open house not only celebrated the organization's past but looks forward to the future as it will be rebranding this summer as Sourcewell. We are really more focused than ever on our members and we really wanted to name and a brand position that was going to really demonstrate that focus. Right now this is the smallest we plan to be into long into the future with positive growth projections for service so today and now is the time to make that change. Reporting in Staples, AJ Feldman, Lakeland News. The NJPA will officially be known as Sourcewell starting on June 6th. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.