healthy sustainable communities
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LiveWell Wheat Ridge Healthy Sustainable EnvironmentsTRANSCRIPT
Sustainable and Healthy Communities Conference Longmont, Colorado
May 13, 2010Molly Hanson, Coordinator, LiveWell Wheat Ridge
Elizabeth Kay Marchetti, Senior Planner, Douglas County
Presentation Learning Objectives After the presentation, attendees will be able to:
1. Identify the four stages of a community mobilization and advocacy campaign.
2. Describe engagement techniques and planning processes for mobilizing the community to support and identify policies.
3. Articulate the positive social impacts resulting from community engagement during planning processes and policy development.
Setting the Stage
What are the different kinds of policies and planning processes that impact health?
Who can initiate these processes and efforts?
The Four Stages of AdvocacyOrganizing
Building and Educating
Mobilizing
Implementing, Enforcing and Evaluating Impact
The Positive Social Impacts of Engaging Community Stakeholders Ensures community perspectives and voices are being
considered.Empowers new partners and segments of the community.Creates new community leaders.Identify new and emerging neighborhoods.Creates buy-in; community residents have sway with elected
officials. Arrive at a better end product, policy or outcome.
Planning process: old way vs. new way
Planning process: old way vs. new way
Getting Started…..
1. Organizing – Public Health
Identify policy change
Coalition or a task forceChoose a format that will serve your needsDevelop leadership committeeDevelop strategic plan and charterMembership – grass roots and topsDatabaseTap existing networks
1. Organizing – Public Health (cont’d)
Assess the readiness of the community through informal and formal processesSurvey, key informant interviews, etc.
Develop key messages
Develop a campaign plan
1. Organizing – Local Planning
Scope of Work
Outreach Plan
Media Plan
Review What Is
Consistent Message
2. Building and EducatingConduct a community educational campaign
Creates readinessExamples Recruit for your coalition at these events
Implement study sessions, pass resolutions, etc.
Build stakeholder buy-in via informal processes
2. Building and Educating (cont’d)
Develop fact sheets, websites, etc. Based on science, best practices and data from your local
community
Earned media creates a “buzz” in your communityGuest editorials, letters to the editor, etc. Proactive approach
2. Building and Educating – Local PlanningForm ad-hoc committees.
Host Community meetingsLaunch public outreach
campaign.Email blastsWebsitesBlogsVideos
Photo: National Charette Institute
3. Mobilizing
Draft model ordinance languageIterative processLook at model policiesDesign processes to manage a diverse stakeholder group
Recruit and groom your spokespeopleWho?What do you want them to do?
3. Mobilizing (cont’d)
Build stakeholder buy-in via formal processesEndorsementsPetitionsLetters or emails
Engage youth
3. Mobilizing – Local PlanningCollect verbatim
Synthesize!Draft plan or policy
RevisionsReferral Process Public Hearings
Big crowdsMedia presenceContentious
Photo: timesleader.com
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4. Implementing, Enforcing and Evaluating Impact
Tools and resources needed to make the implementation successful
Identify additional policies, standards, guidelines and processes that need to be adapted to support implementation of new policy
Acknowledge and thank active members and supports
4. Implementing, Enforcing and Evaluating Impact (cont’d)
Monitor complianceEvaluate impactDevelop white papers, share lessons-learned, etc.
4. Implementing, Enforcing and Evaluating Impact – Public Planning
Comprehensive Master PlanZoning ResolutionSubdivision Resolution
Sustainability Working Group
Community Indicators ReportBalance Scorecard
Lessons-Learned Ensure you build in enough time and resources to engage the
community.Ensure you are accessing all segments of your community;
disparately affected communities are key and may need additional resources when partnering with these communities.
Use new and emerging technology and media outlets.Identify clear roles; establish charters and advocacy protocols. Identify processes to manage differing opinions.
Follow all required rules and regulations.
Questions and Answers
Contact Information Molly Hanson, LiveWell Wheat Ridge CoordinatorEmail: [email protected]: 720-345-8547
www.livewellcolorado.org
Elizabeth Kay Marchetti, Douglas County Community Planning & Sustainable Development Department
Email: [email protected]: 303-660-7460www.douglas.co.us/planning/SIAC