survey about the future of our city
You are invited to participate in an extraordinary discussion about the future of our city.
This is your opportunity to discuss your vision of Portland, the relationship that the people of Portland should have with their government, and the structure of government needed to make such a relationship work. Your input will be incorporated into planning efforts to develop a citywide vision, a community engagement model, and recommendations to reform the City's Charter.
As someone who cares about the City of Portland, you have a wealth of information and experience to contribute. We hope you will take a moment to participate in this process that will not only preserve Portland as one of the most livable cities, but also help it grow into the community you would like it to become.
Community Connect (formerly BIP #8) has designed a customized survey for current and former members of District Coalition Boards and Neighborhood Associations. Please take a moment to tell us how you'd like to create a new system of engagement by visiting the link below:
http://www.portlandonline.com/mayor/index.cfm?action=UpdateItem&category_id=550&c=39381
Your responses will be used to create a new model of engagement and will appear online anonymously as part of a final report. All respondents can enter into a drawing to attend a lunch with Mayor Potter. Winners will be announced in October.
Thank you for telling us what you think!
Questions? For more information on Community Connect, scroll down, visit www.portlandonline.com/bip , or contact Community Connect at 503-823-4433 or johnell.bell@ci.portland.or.us.
Community Connect
Community and Government Working Together
It's been more than 30 years since the Office of Neighborhood Involvement (ONI) was created to support the neighborhood system and much has changed. Community Connect has been tasked with creating a system to deepen the community's role in local government in an effort to strengthen each of Portland's communities. This system will empower all Portlanders to be involved in local decision-making and community building. Supported by Mayor Potter, Community Connect is led by a group of community volunteers and neighborhood leaders.
To do this work effectively, the process has been divided into three phases -
Dream June 2006 - September 2006
Bringing together diverse community interests, we will ask community members what works really well and what could be better. We will focus our efforts on creating dialogues across the city and gathering input. We will talk with people currently engaged in the neighborhood system and work with community organizations and networks to engage people who currently aren't involved. This information will begin to frame an enhanced and strengthened community participation system in our city.
Design October 2006 - February 2007
We will take the information we heard in the Dream phase and begin to compare it to national and international best practices and models. How do other cities support local decision-making? How are the systems funded? Who makes decisions? The committee will then propose one or more models that reflect the goals, values and needs of our community. The model(s) will then be presented to the public for feedback, which will help create the most inclusive community engagement model for all.
Destiny March 2007 - June 2007
During the last phase of this project, after talking with a broad spectrum of Portlanders, we will work with City Council, the Office of Neighborhood Involvement, community organizations, neighborhood associations and others to begin to strengthen our community participation system. We will identify our next steps to becoming more inclusive and engaging while also identifying necessary community and city resources to implement our model.
This is your opportunity to discuss your vision of Portland, the relationship that the people of Portland should have with their government, and the structure of government needed to make such a relationship work. Your input will be incorporated into planning efforts to develop a citywide vision, a community engagement model, and recommendations to reform the City's Charter.
As someone who cares about the City of Portland, you have a wealth of information and experience to contribute. We hope you will take a moment to participate in this process that will not only preserve Portland as one of the most livable cities, but also help it grow into the community you would like it to become.
Community Connect (formerly BIP #8) has designed a customized survey for current and former members of District Coalition Boards and Neighborhood Associations. Please take a moment to tell us how you'd like to create a new system of engagement by visiting the link below:
http://www.portlandonline.com/mayor/index.cfm?action=UpdateItem&category_id=550&c=39381
Your responses will be used to create a new model of engagement and will appear online anonymously as part of a final report. All respondents can enter into a drawing to attend a lunch with Mayor Potter. Winners will be announced in October.
Thank you for telling us what you think!
Questions? For more information on Community Connect, scroll down, visit www.portlandonline.com/bip , or contact Community Connect at 503-823-4433 or johnell.bell@ci.portland.or.us.
Community Connect
Community and Government Working Together
It's been more than 30 years since the Office of Neighborhood Involvement (ONI) was created to support the neighborhood system and much has changed. Community Connect has been tasked with creating a system to deepen the community's role in local government in an effort to strengthen each of Portland's communities. This system will empower all Portlanders to be involved in local decision-making and community building. Supported by Mayor Potter, Community Connect is led by a group of community volunteers and neighborhood leaders.
To do this work effectively, the process has been divided into three phases -
Dream June 2006 - September 2006
Bringing together diverse community interests, we will ask community members what works really well and what could be better. We will focus our efforts on creating dialogues across the city and gathering input. We will talk with people currently engaged in the neighborhood system and work with community organizations and networks to engage people who currently aren't involved. This information will begin to frame an enhanced and strengthened community participation system in our city.
Design October 2006 - February 2007
We will take the information we heard in the Dream phase and begin to compare it to national and international best practices and models. How do other cities support local decision-making? How are the systems funded? Who makes decisions? The committee will then propose one or more models that reflect the goals, values and needs of our community. The model(s) will then be presented to the public for feedback, which will help create the most inclusive community engagement model for all.
Destiny March 2007 - June 2007
During the last phase of this project, after talking with a broad spectrum of Portlanders, we will work with City Council, the Office of Neighborhood Involvement, community organizations, neighborhood associations and others to begin to strengthen our community participation system. We will identify our next steps to becoming more inclusive and engaging while also identifying necessary community and city resources to implement our model.
posted by Vernon Neighbors at 4:00 PM
1 Comments:
Neighbors,
A much better organized, cohesive, and thoughtful effort to plan the future is going on in parallel--and it's involving a lot more citizens:
http://www.envisionoregon.org/
Check it out.
VisionPDX feels good, but random polls at outdoor concerts and other events are of questionable value, I feel.
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