City of Talent Citizen Involvement
The goal of this Citizen Involvement Element is to provide a series of policies and strategies for including citizens’ voices in decision-making. This Element is designed to build solid interactions between city officials (elected, salaried, and appointed) and the citizens they serve. Democracy relies on engagement by citizens as a means of creating evolving solutions to civic matters. Citizen involvement processes must be inclusive of those who identify themselves as interested and/or affected by decisions that will be made on issues of relevance to them. These processes should also result in decisions that reflect the community’s voice. (City of Talent Comprehensive Plan, 2018)
City of Talent Citizen Involvement Questionnaire
Students in the 2021 Summer Quarter “Green Cities” course assisted in organizing, conducting, and analyzing citizen interviews with the use of a questionnaire designed to help understand and guide citizen involvement for the City of Talent, Oregon. This effort was part of a collaboration with the City of Talent, Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association (OAPA), Sustainable Cities Institute (SCI), Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD), and many local organizations which are acknowledged in the final report, City of Talent Citizen Involvement Survey. The report was shared with all participants and published on this website. [below] This project is part of a larger OAPA Community Assistance Planning Program (CAPP), and information about that program can be found on their website.
City of Talent Citizen Involvement Survey
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Urban Resiliency, City of Talent
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Questionnaire
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Cuestionario
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Regional Organizations
- Casa of Oregon
- City of Talent
- Coalicion Fortaleza
- Cuentos/Northwest
- Gordon Elwood Foundation
- Hearts with a Mission
- Humane Leadership Institute
- Jackson County Education Service District
- Jackson County Long Term Recovery Group
- Northwest Seasonal Workers
- Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association
- Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development
- Revista Caminos
- Rogue Valley Chapter of Unite Oregon
- Southern Oregon Success
- Southern Oregon University
- Unete
- University of Oregon School of Planning, Public Policy and Management “Green Cities”
- University of Oregon Sustainable Cities Initiative