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$265 $300 Figure 3.4: Results from
15% 17% November Open House
Activity about Spending
Priorities

$845 $110
47% 6%

$280
15%

the Trailside Center, and Brush Creek Community choice “maintain what we’ve got” (47%) over
Center). Conducting the same presentation in acquire new land for trails (17%). The April open
three different locations in a single week allowed house meetings were structured to allow the
us to deliver similar information to audiences in consultant team to share preliminary data and for
the north, central, and south portions of the city. attendees to ask questions. Attendance at these
Conducting two separate rounds of meetings meetings was stronger than those in the fall. but
allowed the team to share different types of still not very robust.
information and collect different feedback.

TAKEAWAYS
The November meetings focused on explaining
the purpose behind the plan and encouraging It was challenging to get turnout for any one of
folks to follow the process on the project website. the open houses above 15 people. The pop-ups
The statistically valid survey instrument our provided more interaction with park users but
team developed was circulating at that time so due to their spontaneous nature, they are not as
we asked folks to participate in dot activities inclusive a means of engagement. The Fall open
which mimicked some of the survey questions. house meetings did provide some comparative
There was a lot of correlation between the two, data to check against the statistically valid survey
especially on the question concerning park sample.
spending priorities. Just like survey respondents,
open house attendees strongly favored the

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