We help design, manage, facilitate, inform, and document the planning process. Our philosophy is based on a three ingredient approach to public participation. The process needs to be informative. This reduces the amount of tension that can surround emotional issues. The process needs to be interactive.
Participants plan together sharing perspectives and ideas.
Most importantly, the process has to be inclusive. We use this web site as one of our tools. Each workshop is designed to have participants focus on relevant policy questions, planning options and design concepts. We use a variety of tools to engage participants that also make the process self-documenting. We feel that citizens' insights capture the community's personality.