In August 2010, Acquisition Partners of America, LLC (APA) was created to facilitate this much needed and sought after collaboration. Designed to forge new relationships between both multiple public agencies, as well as public and private firms, and to discover innovative approaches and funding sources for specific projects, Acquisition Partners was established to promote “out-of-the-box” thinking. This “out-of-the-box” approach has emerged from our actual experiences in working with school districts, cities, and private firms to develop and fund projects and programs. When cities, counties, school districts and private industry work together on joint projects that benefit multiple stakeholders in the community – that venture has much greater marketing appeal to funding agencies than would single-use facilities benefiting a single public entity or a small portion of the community. Through our affiliated companies in the construction, real estate and agricultural industries, Acquisition Partners of America, LLC is uniquely positioned to work with public agencies, the offices of elected officials and private firms to seek these much needed partnership opportunities to the benefit of our clients and our communities.