Public Engagement

[CodyLutzEU]

Hi everyone! I thought that we should have a public engagement thread where we could share ideas, challenges, and successes. I’ll start it off by sharing a relatively new resource from Envision Utah: Welcoming Communities: a Guide to Planning for a Fair and Thriving Utah. It was developed based on the direction of local experts and findings from a focus group of Utah residents from varied backgrounds. You can find it at envisionutah.org on the tools page.

I hope you find it useful and look forward to seeing what others have to share.

-Cody Lutz, MCMP

[Nicole Masson]

This looks great! Thanks for sharing.

[CodyLutzEU]

I should also mention that the welcoming community guide is also on the LUAU website, the hub for all planning resources in Utah. https://luau.utah.gov/guidebooks-and-templates/

[jcboal]

It may be beneficial to think through a whole “public relations campaign” for your department or the city. Identify how your community best receives information and how they prefer to respond/participate. The approach should be holistic – how are you informing the public about who you are, what your role is, how are you presenting long range planning projects to the public, and how are you presenting current planning projects to the public?  Are you the source the public uses to find out what is happening in the community, or are they using other sources? How can you elevate yourself in the public conciseness as the source of accurate information? Ada County Development Services (Idaho) has a good social media campaign that has worked to increase public engagement. They are active on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and the County’s website.

• This reply was modified 2 months ago by jcboal.

[Nicole Masson]

I’d suggest the open house, then a survey, or vice versa before any PC public hearing.  Create an info piece on your web page with a link to a survey.  Make sure the info piece is factual not opinions.

-John Janson

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