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Engaging your citizenry

Civic Engagement

 

The Challenge

We have been called in by a variety of government or community organizations seeking better ways to solicit and consolidate stakeholder input.

Whatcom GRACE (Ground-Level Response and Coordinated Engagement) asked Colibri to facilitate a very complex county-wide mental health discussion that involved a wide array of stakeholders with strong beliefs in how the system should be organized. The City of Mukilteo asked us to help city staff and community members design a “peace park” after a local shooting took the lives of youth. The Mayor of the City of Edmonds asked us to capture in real time his State of the City address. Mabton, a small rural community in eastern Washington, needed help redefining its approach to community development by exploring strategies to implement its “Rural 2.0” vision.

Our Response

  • Individual stakeholder mapping sessions to “see” multiple perspectives
  • Focus groups to understand whole service system
  • Community presentations to involve key sponsors who will provide resources to implement the work
  • Community outreach to involve citizens in planning
  • Information sharing to help city staff, political leadership and citizens make informed decisions
  • Context and vision mapping to develop Rural 2.0 strategy that will attract resources and the innovation that comes with it

Results

  • Developed agreement on vision and direction
  • Clearly defined community and business strategies
  • Enabled community-wide participation in process
  • Demonstrated respect for multiple points of view, laying ground work for future collaboration

 

 

 

 

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Colibri Facilitation creates visual images to help your group synthesize information, tell a story, or map future actions. We create pictorial summaries, in real-time, of your conversations. Our images, a product of our careful listening to you, makes it easy to share what you're doing, where you're going and what is the desired end goal.
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