PlaceSpeak is excited to announce our latest topic: The Cloverdale Covered Youth Park Consultation: The City is Surrey is looking for ideas from the community regarding a new youth park in Cloverdale. Project Overview In ...
As our Vancouver readers know, this coming Saturday, November 19th, is municipal election day in British Columbia. Leading up to the election, The Vancouver Public Space Network sent out surveys to the various candidates asking their opinion ...
A curation of interesting items from the past week’s news: Anonymity + The Internet = Jerks: Anonymously behaving badly and/or mean-spiritedly on the Internet represent the capacity for humanity to cowardly throw toxic bombs into our ...
Often, communities look to municipal governments or developers to lead consultations. Frequently, neighbours are disappointed by the results. Such ‘official consultations’ are often held too late in the process or are based on a limited number of preset options. Other ...
Earlier this month, The Guardian’s Local Government Network Blog held a live discussion about community engagement. Last week, they published the top tips. Here are 5 of our favourite great tips for enhancing civic engagement.