[Vision2020] Community Conversations Monday October 8 Noon NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS

[Linda Pall]

Dear Donovan,

Thanks for your comment! I venture to say that 70% of the folks eat lunch and that's why this is between noon and 1 PM. I appreciate your suggestion about evening meetings but the evening calendar is so crowded that this seemed a good time.

Since June 2006 when I began this effort, the fifteen sessions plus or minus have had from 10 to 35 people in attendance. Having it at the same time has helped people remember the event. The topics have been lively and city officials as well as citizens have benefitted from the conversations.

Try it... you might like it if you can get away from your work. Hope to see you.

All the best,

Linda
Moscow City Council


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Donovan Arnold 
  To: Linda Pall ; vision2020 at moscow.com 
  Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 11:05 PM
  Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Community Conversations Monday October 8 Noon NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS


  Linda,

  My suggestion for improving community participation is that you not have town hall meetings when 95% of the community is at work. Try a time when people are not working, like in the evenings. 

  Best,

  Donovan

  Linda Pall <lpall at moscow.com> wrote:
    Dear Visionaries,

    Please join us for a discussion of a strategy for improving citizen participation in Moscow planning decisions!

    All the best,

    Linda Pall
    Moscow City Council


    October Community Conversations!!!
    What about Neighborhood Planning Organizations?
    Monday, October 8 from noon to 1 P.M.
    Centennial Room, University Inn
    EVERYONE IS WELCOME!
    Join us from noon to 1 PM MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2007, to talk about citizen participation and planning for Moscow neighborhoods (no host lunch available. set prices this time for either sandwiches or salad at the University Inn/Best Western; lunch is not mandatory!).
    We'll be taking a look at Moscow's FIRST experiment in neighborhood planning from 1979-83 with the Fort Russell Neighborhood Planning Organization and considering how 21st Century Moscow could benefit from a neighborhood planning structure. Could planning decisions reflect neighbor concerns and creative, profitable development opportunities? Could citizens make their voices heard at a time when it mattered to the decision-making? Could local officials, elected and appointed, be held accountable for positive, productive outcomes for our community's future? Neighborhood planning organizations in other communities have made a difference in many other towns across the nation and especially in the Northwest.
    Learn about neighborhood planning organizations and share your views. More information or questions, contact Linda Pall, Moscow City Council, 882-7255 or lpall at moscow.com
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