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Civic Engagement Engaging Underrepresented Groups Civic Engagement and Communication Public Art Plan Developed an engagement strategy for unengaged or underrepresented populations in the city, including a process for getting residents engaged in neighborhood and community issues Conducted an assessment of the city's current communications efforts and future needs, and provided recommendations for how to better engage residents in their local government and community Designed a participation process for developing a public art plan, including a strategy for facilitating long-term community engagement around public art and ideas for how to reengage the city's existing but inactive arts council Administration and Marketing Staff Satisfaction and Staff Development Community Branding Designed an evaluation program to assess staff satisfaction, including what staff want or need in their day-to-day work environment, as well as what incentives or educational opportunities would encourage them to continue working at the city; developed recommendations for improving staff morale and fostering staff development. Created design alternatives for a new graphic identity that the City can use for signs, business forms and marketing materials, communications media (website, Facebook account, newsletter), and other materials Land Use and Transportation Community Gardening Planning Living Streets and Capital Improvements Designed a community engagement process for developing a community gardening policy and identifying key garden site opportunities in the community; documented best practices related to fostering and supporting community gardening Documented the benefits of a living streets approach to strengthen the case to residents for street improvements; developed a visual preference survey and living streets model to better engage residents around street reconstruction projects For more information, contact: Carissa Schively Slotterback, Director Mike Greco, Program Manager Web: www.rcp.umn.edu Twitter: @RCPumn Facebook: RCPumn E-mail: rcp@umn.edu cschively@umn.edu, 612.625.0640 mgreco@umn.edu, 612.625.7501 Resilient Communities Project UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOT.A Driven to Discover - RCP is an initiative of the Sustainability Faculty Network at the University of Minnesota, with funding and administrative support provided by the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) and the Institute on the Environment (lonE)