Westminster, CO generates feedback for long-term plan despite pandemic with meeting-in-a-box
Westminster, CO Meeting-in-a-Box Long-Term Plan Feedback
The council initiated in-person community meetings for the 2040 Comprehensive Plan prior to COVID-19. Residents can request meeting-in-a-box kits by email or mail and lead small-group sessions. The kit includes discussion questions, surveys, and accompanying documents that lead to long-term thinking. Participants also receive instructions for gathering feedback and recording sessions useful in plan development.
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Meeting-in-a-box allows small groups input on the Comprehensive Plan
The 2040 Comprehensive Plan is one of the city’s long-range plans in the city. City staff is taking into account changed conditions since the previous Comprehensive Plan, including the COVID-19 pandemic. The Plan looks ahead to 2040, so staff is exercising care to distinguish short term conditions from the Plan’s long term nature. Want to talk about planning for the city through 2040 with your friends and neighbors? Contact us...
Get a ‘meeting in a box’ to review the 2040 Comprehensive Plan
The 2040 Comprehensive Plan is a long-range policy document with goals and policies to guide the city over the next 20 years. In this advance planning context, the Plan is separate from immediate and more urgent needs subject to more strategic actions under consideration today such as staffing, facilities or utility operations. Staff has designed a “meeting in a box” activity for residents to have small group discussions to review key concepts for the future Plan. A...
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