From voting to running for office, organizing protest groups, or joining activist organizations, most of us either practice or believe in an activist role for citizens in governmental affairs. Public participation has come to define good planning. A comprehensive plan should be one done with the people, not for the people. Most persons haven't the faintest idea what a comprehensive plan is and couldn't care less. Sure there is.
Public participation builds trust and support.
Q. I see your point, and I thought of another one. Some folks out there are likely to come up with good ideas, and we can't get too many of those. There are things that statistics, surveys and observations can't tell us, that are only apparent to those who live there day in and day out. You need to find out what they know. Q. Okay, I'm a believer.