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IN - PERSON
IN-PERSON

Park, a Saturday morning at the soccer fields at
ENGAGEMENT Tiffany Hills Park, a Walktober event on Brush
Creek Greenway, and a Saturday morning at
City Market. At all four locations, we asked folks
to participate in a quick visual preference survey
SUMMARY by answering two questions: what programs do

you want to see more of in KCMO parks, and
what amenities do you want to see more of in
KCMO parks. Over the 4 sessions we had over
The consultant team employed many 150 interactions with individuals, couples, or
approaches to create a diverse public families. The most popular recreation programs
engagement strategy. It’s difficult to access all of among respondents were community and
Kansas City’s population, but by offering multiple cultural events followed by outdoor recreation,
platforms over a wide span of time, our hope was and environmental education. The most popular
that all residents would have the opportunity park amenities were: walking trails, followed by
to voice their feedback. Our team engaged improved landscaping, and then adventure park.
the community continuously over a 9 month
period. This section of the report summarizes the
methods of in-person engagement we employed OPEN HOUSES
and the results we gathered. Our team wanted to offer residents the traditional

option of coming to an in-person public meeting.
POP-UP EVENTS While the engagement method has not been
highly successful ever since the pandemic, it is
One way to collect input on park and recreation still the primary method for citizens that do not
topics is to go to parks with a lot of folks and start typically access digital content. As with pop-up
conversations. Pop-up engagement events are events, we spread these out across locations and
a way to strategically put yourself into a broad time. We ultimately provided 3 open houses in the
mix of park users and collect quick and candid November of 2022 (at Northland Neighborhoods,
opinions. Our team selected four different popular Inc., Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center,
events staged in parks across Kansas City during and the South Metro Patrol Station) and 3 more
the fall of 2022: the Zoo Run for Sharks in Swope in April of 2023 (Line Creek Community Center,

Figure 3.1: Pop-Up Event, Zoo Figure 3.2: Pop-Up Event, Figure 3.3: Pop-Up Event, City
Run for Sharks, September 2022 Walktober, October 2022 Market, October 2022

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