Community planners have compiled an impressive playbook with strategies for nearly every situation where the community voice should be heard. This edition of On Common Ground explores the wide range of techniques being employed to gather those voices and use the sentiment of those conveyed to build and update our ever-evolving built environment in a way that considers the experts—the people who live there.
In This Issue
There is a greater chance of project success if one employs the “it-takes-a-village” approach to visioning all aspects of growth, small or large. But how to best engage the village?
Toolkits, techniques, high-tech and non-traditional/diverse community engagement help to make planning about people.
The pandemic had its benefits, one of which includes the increased use of high-tech methods to boost community engagement in planning efforts.
Business Improvement Districts use various community engagement efforts to shape the economic vitality of downtowns.