Innovative and Successful Engagement Techniques

Our team designed an inclusive and comprehensive process centered on robust public engagement. Across two rounds of community engagement, a range of tactics was used to ensure broad-based community involvement. The first round included a dispersed approach led by the Key Leadership Committee. Through a “meeting-in-a-box” approach, over 70 small-group meetings were convened across the county, engaging over 1,000 people. In the second round, the planning Team, with support from the Key Leadership Committee, “popped up” at various community gathering places to meet people where they are. The result was a well-rounded, inclusive, and engaging process that provided every interested community member with the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to the County’s future.