The PlaceMeant Project collected a number of digital stories focusing on the impact of place on individual residents throughout Mendocino County, California. The project showcased a selection of the stories in a theatrical stage production.
Victoria, British Columbia’s prioritized participation in its comprehensive plan update, engaging more than 6,000 citizens through a variety of creative events and techniques.
For Grand Valley’s 20/20 community visioning endeavor, area municipalities hired James Kent Associates (JKA) to perform a visioning process to identify strategies for achieving the vision and to consider specific actions relevant to each strategy.
Using Appreciative Inquiry, the city and residents of Dubuque, Iowa formulated a $20 million plan address housing, community and economic development issues that plagued the town.
When exponential growth and development threatened the quality of life in Bend, Oregon, residents banded together with the city and Steven Ames Planning to create a visionary plan that would protect the unique community character they cherished.
The community of Hillsboro, Oregon needed a strategic vision to direct its rapid growth. With the help of Steven Ames planning, they got just that while simultaneously creating a unique model that broke new ground in the way it engaged the community.
Since 2010, 49th Ward Alderman Joe Moore has asked citizens to take responsibility for allocating more than $1 million of the ward's budget - the first jurisdiction in the nation to implement a participatory budgeting process.