Client: City of Shakopee, Minnesota
Community Visioning: Designed comprehensive strategic planning and community visioning initiative in response to explosive growth and diverse perspectives on future of community.
Project included the following components:
- Identifying and analyzing stakeholders, including the large number of new immigrants
- Obtaining perspectives, ideas, and input from the broad cross-section of community stakeholders
- Working with the steering committee to identify and articulate community values
- Identifying key issues and preparing rigorous issues briefs
- Conducting a mapping workshop to identify goals, strategies, and tactics
- Preparing a community vision framework
- Conducting “toolbox” workshops for elected and appointed officials
- Providing regular City Council and community updates
- Managing appointed steering committee and incorporating work by seven planning and policy graduate students