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New Tools for Civic Dialogue Nontraditional Methods in Community Engagement Kim Thurlow New River Valley Planning District Commission & New River Valley Livability Initiative April 24, 2013
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New Tools for Civic DialogueNontraditional Methods in Community
EngagementKim Thurlow
New River Valley Planning District Commission & New River Valley Livability Initiative
April 24, 2013
Virginia’s New River Valley:• mostly rural and small
university towns• Decline in manufacturing
jobs in rural counties• Troubling health statistics• Aging population• 10 topic areas – looking
for intersections
Our Outreach Goals these may sound familiar….
• Broad representation• Reaching the harder to reach• Common priorities across region and …..• Particular needs of communities within region• Two-way communication • Build capacity for civic problem-solving
• Low accessibility for non-experts.
• Unclear how citizen input impacts process or outcomes.
• Emerging proposals appear to be “done deals”
Public MeetingCitizens input is “welcome” at a public hearing on codes, bylaws, ordinances and other
things beloved by bureaucrats.
Tuesday at 6 p.m. in a room with uncomfortable chairs.
Parking limited.
Civic Access to Public Policy Development
The Town Hall
• Who does it work for? • How does the public perceive its role?• High stakes, zero-sum outcomes• Dialogue low, often absent• Proposal may pass but…
Story Circles and Performance Theatre
Further Collaborations: Sojourn Theater and BUILT NRV
BUILT Gamecore values and prioritieskey tensions and tradeoffs
obstacles, challengespotential action strategies
A Different Community Conversation: BUILT NRV
A Different Community Conversation: BUILT NRV
• Individual Priorities
• Collaboration – Neighborhood/Town
A Different Community Conversation: BUILT NRV
A Different Community Conversation: BUILT NRV
A Different Community Conversation: BUILT NRV
NRV Livability Initiative: BUILT NRV
• Individual Priorities
• Collaboration – Neighborhood/Town
• Integration –Town/County
A Different Community Conversation: BUILT NRV
Participant Reflections - BUILT NRV
“Perspective is a powerful driver behind choices. Sometimes we make decisions too quickly without considering the impacts, however small and unintentional, that they may have on other people.”
(It made me think…..) “about the importance of understanding community dynamics, recognizing that compromises will have to be made, but working together as a whole it can be made better.”
Kim Thurlow, Livability Initiative Program Coordinator
[email protected], www.nrvlivability.org
Virginia Tech, Masters of Directing & Public Dialogue:
Jon Catherwood-Ginn, lead researcher, [email protected]
Sojourn Theater/BUILT game:
Liam-Kaas-Lentz [email protected]
NRV Tomorrow Interactive Survey:
Jocelyn Hittle, PlaceMatters, [email protected]
Contacts and Additional Information
