We designed, managed, and implemented a comprehensive public involvement process for the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners that engaged residents throughout the County in a grassroots visioning and planning effort.  The first step was to facilitate the work of a start-up steering committee of nearly 60 local government officials, special district representatives and citizens to design the program. 

We set up and coordinated more than 100 community meetings and public events throughout the County, trained citizen facilitators, managed outreach to County youth, wrote and produced two videos, and conducted two County-wide Community Congresses.  We engaged in extensive outreach to the Latino community, including translation of all materials into Spanish, coordination of community meetings that were conducted in Spanish, and provision of interpreters at both Community Congresses.  We also conducted and facilitated the follow-up phase, Complete Connections, to create an organizational/governance framework for the unincorporated areas of the County. 

The project was recognized with a National Public Education Award by the American Planning Association and also with an Award for Excellence by the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2), Cascade Chapter.

Download  Executive Summary
Download  Final Report

For more information, contact Elaine Cogan or Kirstin Greene.