Community Building Tip: Vision
For my current set of tips, I'm using the list "101 Small Ways You Can Improve Your City.
86. Brainstorm a community vision. Community planning discussions benefit from some levity, some understanding, and a lot of visual aids. The St. Paul, Minnesota-based Friendly Streets Initiative holds community visioning events that display large images of potential neighborhood improvements, asking neighbors to vote for their favorites via Post-It. It’s a quick, effective, and entertaining way to take the temperature of the neighborhood.
This is a great idea because it scales up or down fluently. Any size group can create a shared vision, then choose the most popular ideas to promote.
86. Brainstorm a community vision. Community planning discussions benefit from some levity, some understanding, and a lot of visual aids. The St. Paul, Minnesota-based Friendly Streets Initiative holds community visioning events that display large images of potential neighborhood improvements, asking neighbors to vote for their favorites via Post-It. It’s a quick, effective, and entertaining way to take the temperature of the neighborhood.
This is a great idea because it scales up or down fluently. Any size group can create a shared vision, then choose the most popular ideas to promote.