Public Engagement Plan At URBAN, we believe in the public input and it’s potential for significant creativity and problem solving. We will be holding engagement meeting in three main phases. We might decide not to bring all the groups to one table and customize the program for each group. At the final stage, we will let participants clearly see their impact on the project. URBAN is widely active across different social media platforms and this will be the primary play field for all parties to have a say in the decisions. URBAN will be providing content on the website as well to keep the public informed. Our approach to open houses is relatively different from other competitors, we value the time and effort of the participants and we focus on creating a pleasurable engagement experience for them. We will conduct the engagement plan in three phases:
Engage Phase1
Empower Phase2
In the empower phase, we give enough information to the participants to heat up the debates and we will be staying apart from the discussions as much as possible instead of trying to lead the process and get predefined out comes. During this phase, there will be brain storming and idea generation sessions.
Include Phase3
This phase is when we will be including all the feedbacks and input of the previous phases into the final project and discuss it with the public.
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Proposal for Downtown Improvement Plan
Engagement
In this phase, we focus on bringing as many people as possible to the negotiation table and sustain their interest by offering engaging programs and content for all groups of age, income and role in the community.
