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Community Outreach
Community Questionnaire (188 Responses) Focus Groups (16 Attendees) Virtual Public Workshop #1 (40 Attendees) Virtual Public Workshop #2 (22 Attendees) Online Concept Survey (103 Individuals) On-site Concept Survey (25 Forms - 6 days) BPRW Additional Small Group Outreach BPRW reached spread the word about upcoming public workshops with signage in the park, postcards, and social media and front porch forum posts
Summary of outreach and community members reached throughout the planning process
Community Outreach
City employees (DPW, BPRW) to discuss park maintenance, stormwater, and transportation considerations. These groups each participated virtually in small group discussions with Offshoots early in the design process. Notes from these discussions can be found in Appendix B. The feedback from these groups built upon the site analysis and community questionnaire to provide a strong understanding of how the existing site is used, what is working and what can be improved at Calahan Park.
In addition to site analysis and data review, the design team sought to receive as much public input as possible throughout the design process. This was achieved through two surveys, small focus group discussions, on-site tabling, and three virtual workshops.
Community Questionnaire In April 2021, a digital Community Questionnaire was published to give the community a chance to weigh in on Calahan Park. Questions sought feedback on a wide variety of topics to understand who is using the park, how it is being used, what works well, and what could be improved. 188 responses were recorded giving the design team a strong understanding of how the community uses and feels about Calahan park. Most of the people who completed the survey were park neighbors (93% live within a mile) and an overwhelming number of them shared the sentiment that Calahan Park is a wonderful neighborhood resource. They also offered clear feedback for which areas could benefit most from an update: the playground, site circulation, restrooms, picnic areas/ benches, drainage and basketball courts being among the most common responses.
Focus Groups With the goal to hear from as many stakeholders as possible, BPRW gathered three focus groups to represent athletic (basketball, baseball, community rink, and soccer), academic, and garden stakeholders, as well as a fourth focus group of
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Concept Menu Survey After site analysis was completed and initial outreach conducted, the design team developed a series of four concept plans for the park. These plans were developed to be a kit-ofparts, a series of design elements that the public could pick and choose from to generate a full park comprehensive plan. Rather than having the community pick between two potential park concepts, the design team asked a series of questions relating to the public preference on optional amenities and their locations. To reach as many stakeholders as possible the menu was presented at a virtual workshop using Zoom polls to select elements, was posted as a survey online, and design team and BPRW staff performed on-site outreach. The concept menu graphics, questions, and a full summary of the survey results can be found in Appendix C. Each format used the same questions and sequence to provide comparable results across outreach methods.
Virtual Workshops BPRW hosted three public workshops to gather community feedback at key points in the design process. Due to the ongoing pandemic the workshops were held virtually over Zoom. Meeting notes from the three workshops can be Calahan Park Comprehensive Plan Report
